State ex rel. Attorney General v. Stoughton Club
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Ai'UEau from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to enjoin tbe defendants, tbe Stoughton Gluh and tbe members thereof, from maintaining their club premises and from vending, dealing in, or giving away intoxicating liquors contrary to tbe excise laws of the state.
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Ai'UEau from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to enjoin tbe defendants, tbe Stoughton Gluh and tbe members thereof, from maintaining their club premises and from vending, dealing in, or giving away intoxicating liquors contrary to tbe excise laws of the state. Tbe complaint alleges that tbe defendants at their club rooms in tbe city of Stoughton have sold and are selling intoxicating liquors in violation of tbe laws of tbe state and that tbe Stoughton Club exists primarily for tbe purpose of evading tbe provisions of tbe laws of tbe state…
1Opinion of the CourtViNJE, J.
Tbe defendants’ contentions as summarized, in , their brief are (1) that plaintiff’s remedy is adequate at law and therefore tbe facts alleged in tbe complaint are not cognizable in a court of equity; (2) sec. 1563, Stats. 1915, provides for a penalty, and equity will not take jurisdiction to punish criminals in absence of special and very definite injury to property or property'rights; (3) this action deprived tbe defendants of trial by jury to which they are entitled; and (4) if, under any view of the case, sec. 1563, Stats. 1915, can be construed to give jurisdiction to equity of tbe…
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