Pavilion Ice Rink v. Bryant

Plaintiff filed its petition for a writ of mandate to require the defendant Bryant, as tax collector, to issue a license, and the other defendants, as members of the board of police commissioners, to issue a permit to continue the conduct of a dancing pavilion in the premises known as the “Winter Garden” and located on the corner of Pierce and Sutter Streets, San Francisco. A general demurrer to the petition was sustained without leave to amend and judgment followed denying the application and dismissing the proceeding.

The petition alleged that the plaintiff was in possession of the premises…