Mix v. Board of County Commissioners
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District, for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Proceeding in the district court for a writ of mandate to the board of county commissioners to compel them to issue a license to petitioner authorizing him to engage in the business of retailing intoxicating liquors in the city of Lewiston. Writ denied and judgment of dismissal entered.
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APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District, for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Proceeding in the district court for a writ of mandate to the board of county commissioners to compel them to issue a license to petitioner authorizing him to engage in the business of retailing intoxicating liquors in the city of Lewiston. Writ denied and judgment of dismissal entered. If any specific question, which is not plainly and exclusively local, is deemed by the legislature to be a proper subject for the announcement of a state policy, by a general criminal law,…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.
This appeal involves the judgment and order of the trial court in refusing to grant a writ of mandate to the board of county commissioners of Nez Perce county, *701commanding them to issue a license to the appellant, authorizing him to engage in the business of retailing intoxicating liquors in the city of Lewiston. The action was brought to determine the applicability of the local option law to the territory included in the city limits of Lewiston. It is alleged in the petition that the city is operating under a special act or charter; that the petitioner has been engaged for several years last…
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