State ex rel. Ossenkop v. Commissioners of Cass County

Maxwell, Ch. J.

This is an application for a, writ of mandamus-*55to compel the defendants, who are county commissioners of Cass county, to issue a license to the relator, to sell intoxicating liquors at Louisville, in Cass county. The relator states in his application, that he is a man of respectable character and standing, and a resident of this state, and that he has complied with all the requirements of the law to entitle him to obtain license, but that the defendants refuse to grant the same. The defendants, in answer to the application, allege that the petition of the relator praying for…