Cleveland v. County of Rice

Loring, Chief Justice.

This is an action to enjoin defendants from enforcing a certain resolution of the board of county commissioners of Rice county, which regulates the closing hours of rural business establishments holding nonintoxicating malt liquor licenses.

In May 1951, the board of county commissioners adopted a resolution providing that no sale of nonintoxicating malt liquor shall be made after midnight and further providing that all places of business selling such beverages must close completely at that time except for cleaning purposes. The resolution, by its terms, applied only to…