Copeland v. Town of Sheridan

Appellant was convicted of having, within the corporate limits of the town of Sheridan, sold intoxicating liquors in a quantity not less than a quart, to wit: two quarts of beer, to be then and there drunk as a beverage, *108without having a license so to do, contrary to the provisions of an ordinance of said town, passed June 15, 1896.

The. ordinance in question provided for a license fee of $100. It is contended that the town had no authority to pass such an ordinance, and that, even if it had such authority, it could not pass an ordinance which should exact more than $50 as a license fee for…