Mayor Common Council of City of Prescott v. Randall

LaPRADE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court invalidating Ordinance No. 350 of the city of Prescott, Arizona, which ordinance, adopted October 25, 1937, attempts to limit the number of liquor licenses which may be issued within the corporate limits of the city.' The city for its authority to enact the- ordinance in question looks to its charter. Prescott, since its incorporation in 1883, has existed and operated by virtue of the charter granted to it by the territorial' legislature ih that year, being Act. No. 37, Laws 1883, entitled “An Act to incorporate the City…