Moore v. Mayor & City Council

This is a petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus against the mayor and the city council of the city of Dan-ville to compel the city council to grant William A. Moore, the relator, a license to conduct a dram-shop in a building known as No. 41 North Jackson street, in said city. It is conceded that the petition shows that the relator had complied in every respect with the ordinance relating to the issue of dram-shop licenses. The mayor and city council answered the petition, setting up the passage of an ordinance on January 25, 1906, which prohibited the issuing of licenses to sell liquor…