Common Council of the City of Oshkosh v. State ex rel. Perkins
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Comity Court of Winnebago County. The common council of Oshkosh granted to the relators a license to sell liquors, and on payment of the fee it was issued; but before its expiration, the council revoked the license without notice or hearing, upon a charge of unlawful selling made by the chief of police.
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ERROR to the Comity Court of Winnebago County. The common council of Oshkosh granted to the relators a license to sell liquors, and on payment of the fee it was issued; but before its expiration, the council revoked the license without notice or hearing, upon a charge of unlawful selling made by the chief of police. The relators sued out a writ of certiorari to the council from the county court, upon which judgment annulling the revocation was entered; and the council brought the case here by writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
The return to the writ of certiorari made by the city clerk, contains a copy of a license -which had been granted by the common council to A. Perkins & Bro. to sell intoxicating liquors at retail to be drank on their premises — such license to expire on the second Tuesday of April, 1883. The return also shows that the sum of $75 was paid by them for the license, and that they gave a bond conditioned as required by law, which was approved by the common council. The return further shows that a resolution was adopted by the common council on the 14th of November, 1882, expressly revoking the…
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