Talarico v. City of Davenport

— Davenport, Iowa, is a municipal corporation organized under a special charter. The defendants-appellees, George Tank, Frank Hass, and Albert Schultze, are respectively the mayor, clerk, and chairman of the license committee of that city.

During the times herein material, there were in force and effect, in the city of Davenport, ordinances providing as follows:

“Section 19: No person, firm or corporation shall by himself, clerk, agent, employee or servant, retail or sell by the drink for consumption on the premises, or adjacent thereto, in the City of Davenport, any lemonade, seltzer water,…