City of Hastings v. Thorne

This record shows that a great deal of illegal testi-. mony was admitted on the trial against objection, duly made by the plaintiff in error. Of what this consisted will be apparent from what we shall hereafter say, without now particularizing.

The action in the court below was brought by the defendant in error to recover from the plaintiff in error certain moneys alleged to have been received on account of licenses issued by the corporate authorities for the sale of malt, spirituous, and vinous liquors, within the city of Hastings. The claim to a recovery of these moneys was based upon the…