Krueger v. Town of Colville
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Stevens county, Kennan, J., entered December 81, 1906, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action to recover the unearned portion of a license fee upon revocation of a retail liquor license.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The lower court sustained a general demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint and dismissed the action. The appeal is prosecuted from that order.
The complaint shows the following facts: On April 1, 1906, the town of Colville issued a liquor license to the appellant, authorizing him to retail intoxicating liquors in said town for the term of one year. Appellant paid the fee therefor, which was $750. Subsequently appellant was charged, under the statute, with the crime of selling intoxicating liquors to minors.- He pleaded guilty to that charge, and was sentenced to pay a fine. The fine was paid.…
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