State ex rel. Owen v. Schotten
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Monroe county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action to enjoin defendant from maintaining a saloon in tbe village of Norwalk because no valid license was issued to bim.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Monroe county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. Action to enjoin defendant from maintaining a saloon in tbe village of Norwalk because no valid license was issued to bim. Tbe facts found by tbe court are these: Tbe village of NorWalk bad a population of between 500 and 1,000 on June 19, 1916. In April, 1915, tbe electors of tbe village voted “no license” for tbe license year beginning July 1, 1915, and ending July 1, 1916, so no licenses were issued. In April, 1916, tbe electors voted in favor of license, and on tbe 19tb day of June tbe village…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
The defendant contends that the village council had the power to, and did on August 3d, correct the minutes of the regular meeting of June 19, 1916, to correspond with- the fact that defendant was granted the second license. Assuming that the language of the motion is adequate to express the fact that an error was made in the original minutes and that such error was corrected to correspond to the fact, namely, that the second license was granted to the defendant; and assuming further that the motion' was carried, — an assumption negatived in Oconto Co. v. Hall, 47 Wis. 208, 2 N. W. 291, — we…
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