Roberts v. Boise City
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of tbe Third Judicial District of Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action to recover the unearned portion of a liquor license tax. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed. Reversed. The authority granting a liquor license may revoke it if, in the judgment of that body, the holder of the license is an unfit person to conduct a liquor business. (Wallace v. Mayor, 27 Nev. 71, 103 Am.
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APPEAL from the District Court of tbe Third Judicial District of Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action to recover the unearned portion of a liquor license tax. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed. Reversed. The authority granting a liquor license may revoke it if, in the judgment of that body, the holder of the license is an unfit person to conduct a liquor business. (Wallace v. Mayor, 27 Nev. 71, 103 Am. St. 747, 73 Pac. 528, 63 L. R. A. 337.') A license to sell liquor is neither a contract nor property right, but a mere temporary permit to do that which would otherwise be…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
— In the latter part of March, 1911, respondents applied to the council of Boise City for a retail liquor license for a period of six months, commencing April 1st, and accompanied their application with the required license tax of $600. The license was thereupon granted, and thereafter on the 8th of May, 1911, the council summarily revoked the license theretofore issued, entering of record as their reason therefor that the parties “had been shown to be unfit persons in the judgment of the council to conduct a saloon.” This action was subsequently instituted for the recovery of the sum of…
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