State v. City of Pittsburg

This is an original action of quo warranto, brought by the state on the relation of the attorney-general to oust the city of Pittsburg from the exercise of certain assumed and unwarranted corporate powers, namely, the imposition and collection of a license tax upon the business of selling and keeping for sale intoxicating liquors in a manner forbidden by law, and also authorizing and licensing bawdy-houses and houses of ill fame and the collection of money from the keepers and inmates of these places for the privilege of carrying on the illicit business. It was alleged that the city officers…