In Re Estate of Chun

Plaintiff, S.S. Wright, the owner of a dwelling house located on the east seventy feet of Lot 6, Block 22, Corydon, Iowa, sought in this action a writ of mandamus to direct the defendants, the State Department of Health and Dr. Walter L. Bierring, Health Commissioner, to institute legal action to enjoin the Standard Oil Company of Indiana from storing gasoline on the west ninety feet of said Lot 6, and to compel said oil company to tear down and remove its oil service station located on said lot. Plaintiff alleged the maintenance of the service station and the storage of oil by the Standard Oil Company on Lot 6 constituted a violation of certain provisions of chapter 323, Code of 1939, known as the Housing Law. By amendment plaintiff stated Corydon was an incorporated town with no ordinances on housing imposing higher requirements than the minimum requirements laid down in chapter 323 of the 1939 Code.