Legal Opinion
Brownlow v. Schwartz
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 19, 1923No. 95PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
The defendant in error, petitioner .below, on June 9, 1920, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, praying for a writ of mandamus against respondents requiring them to issue to her a permit to erect a building for business purposes on a lot situated on a residence street in Washington. Prior to filing the petition she made preparations to erect the .building and applied to the Building Inspector for a permit, which he declined to issue, upon grounds not necessary to be stated here.
The plaintiffs in error, respondents below, filed an answer to the petition and…
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