Zanone v. Mound City
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an original application in this court by John B. Zanone, against the authorities of Mound City, to compel them to grant him a license to keep a dram-shop within the city. The respondents demurred to the petition.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
This is an application for a mandamus from this court, sought by John B. Zanone, a resident of Mound City, against the municipal authorities of that city, to compel them to issue to him a license to keep a dram-shop within the corporate limits of the city. The case is submitted for final decision upon a demurrer to the petition.
It is charged in the petition, and confessed by the demurrer, that Mound City is organized under the general law of 1872, for the incorporation of cities and villages; that prior to this proceeding the city council passed a general ordinance providing for the issue of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Besse v. Village of CrottyIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- City of East St. Louis v. WehrungIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- City of East St. Louis v. WiderIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
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- French v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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