Ohio Ex Rel. Clarke v. Deckebach

An ordinance, No. 76-1918, of the City of Cincinnati, requires the licensing of pool and billiard rooms, and prohibits the issue of licenses to aliens. Plaintiff in error petitioned the Supreme Court of Ohio for a writ of mandamus commanding defendant in error, the auditor of Cincinnati, to-grant him a license to conduct a billiard and pool room in that city. The petition alleged that plaintiff was a subject of the King of England and that he had been refused a license solely because he was not a citizen. It drew in question the validity of the ordinance as violating Art. I of the treaty…