Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Molin
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 14, 1917No. 14191PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Mackintosh, J., entered February 15, 1917, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing a prosecution for violating an ordinance.
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
Respondents were convicted in police court of violating the general liquor ordinance (No. 36,242) of the city of Seattle. On appeal to the superior court, a demurrer to the complaint was sustained upon the ground of duplicity and that it did not conform to the requirements of the code. From a judgment of dismissal, the city has appealed to this court.
The complaint, omitting formal parts, is as follows:
“That on the 14th day of Oct., 1916, at the city of Seattle, in said King county, Washington, the said defendant did commit a misdemeanor ‘unlawful keeping and disposing of intoxicating liquor'…
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