Scott v. Hope-Olney Realty, Inc.

This bill in equity was brought to enjoin the respondents from making alterations and continuing certain activities under a building permit. After a hearing in the superior court on bill, answer and proof the trial justice denied respondents’ motion to dismiss the bill and entered a decree in which he granted the relief prayed for, declared the permit for building alterations to be a nullity in law, and enjoined the issuance of the certificate of occupancy and further action under the permit. From that decree the respondents have prosecuted their appeal to this court.

It appears that the land…