State ex rel. Bayless v. County Court of Clinton County

This is a proceeding in mandamus ■ originating in this court and brought by relator to com*374pel the respondents, as judges of the county court of Clinton county, to issue him a license to keep a pool hall in the city of Lathrop. Relator conducted a pool hall in said city, and, upon the expiration of the term for which the license was granted, he applied to the county court for a new license and paid the money required to be paid for such licenses. Relator, in his showing before the county court, proved that he was a fit and proper person to conduct a pool hall; that he was of good moral…