Krell v. City of White Lake

PERRY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff Krell is an elector of the City of White Lake, and the holder of a license to conduct a liquor business therein. The City of White Lake held an election on the question whether the City should engage in the sale of liquors through a municipal store. A majority of the voters voted in favor of municipal operation, which under the statute, would cause the plaintiff’s license to be revoked. The plaintiff challenges the validity of the election. He procured an alternative writ of prohibition from the circuit court, and upon trial, a permanent writ of prohibition…