Kluth v. Lane

On March 6, 1913, defendant in error, W. P. Lane, Comptroller of the state of Texas, rescinded and canceled the retail malt liquor dealer’s license of Herman Kluth, plaintiff in error. The license was canceled by the Comptroller upon the return of evidence taken before J. S. Slaughter, a notary public in and for Guadalupe county, in pursuance of section 9, c. 17, of the Acts of the Thirty-First Legislature (1st Ex. Sess.). Subsequent to the cancellation of the license, on May 2, 1913, plaintiff in error filed suit, as the aggrieved party, in the district court of Guadalupe county to reinstate…