Shue v. Village of Silver Creek

Action to recover part of an occupation tax paid to the village by the plaintiff as a liquor-dealer. This is a companion case to Shue v. School District, ante, p. 455. The facts as to the application for license, its issuance and cancelation are set .forth in the opinion in that case, and the reasons given in that opinion for holding the applicants not so culpable as to preclude the right to recover license money fro tanto are adopted here.

Plaintiff paid the treasurer of the village $510 on June 24, 1911, as an occupation tax for the remainder of the *552municipal year. He sues in this action to…