Sandys v. Williams
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is a suit by Harry Sandys and others against George H. Williams, as mayor of Portland, H. W. Hogue, as municipal judge, Charles H. Hunt, as chief of police, and Ben Biglin, as harbor master of that city, to enjoin the enforcement of a municipal ordinance.
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From Multnomah: Melvin C. George, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is a suit by Harry Sandys and others against George H. Williams, as mayor of Portland, H. W. Hogue, as municipal judge, Charles H. Hunt, as chief of police, and Ben Biglin, as harbor master of that city, to enjoin the enforcement of a municipal ordinance. The complaint states, in effect, that prior to June 1, 1904, plaintiffs, having secured licenses therefor, then were and now are severally engaged in conducting in Portland either a restaurant or a saloon, and at great expense bad erected in connection Avith their…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
delivered the. opinion of the court.
It is insisted by plaintiffs’ counsel that the local option liquor law adopted by the people at the general election held June 6, 1904, in pursuance of initiative petitions (Laws Í905, p. 41, c. 2), deprives the common council of Portland of the power to license, regulate, or restrain the sale of intoxicating liquors in that city, and, this being so, the ordinance complained of is void, and an error was committed in sustaining the demurrer to the complaint. It is argued that the old law and the new cannot both exist at the same time, and that the local…
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