State Ex Rel. Payton v. City of Riverside

MANFORD, Judge.

This is an action in mandamus. This appeal follows a judgment ordering appellant city to issue a liquor license to respondents. The judgment is reversed.

Constitutional challenge has been made toward appellants’ passage of a city ordinance upon the grounds of denial of due process and equal protection. Since this challenge does not involve a treaty or statute of the United States or a statute or provision of the Constitution of Missouri, jurisdiction lies with this court. Article V, Section 3, Missouri Constitution, as amended, 1976.

The record reveals the following pertinent…