Bay City Brewing Co. v. McDonell

The principal defendant, Robert Donnelly, kept a saloon for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the township of Deep River, Arenac county, in 1893. His -tax was, of course, due May 1st, without the payment of which he was engaged in an illegal business. Mr. McDonell, the county treasurer, testified that it was customary in that county to permit saloon keepers to pay the tax in installments; that he himself had kept a saloon, and paid in that manner. It thus appears that the officers of that county permitted saloon keepers, including Donnelly, to carry on that business contrary to the express…