Kadgihn v. City of Bloomington

This was an action instituted by the city against appellant, before a police magistrate, to recover a penalty for selling spirituous liquors without a license. It appears that appellant, onthe22d day of April, 1869, went to the city treasurer with a written application for a license, in conformity with the city ordinance, and $300 in money, and tendered both the application and money to the treasurer, and demanded a receipt entitling him to a license for one year, but the treasurer refused to give him the same, because the common council had adopted this resolution before the application was…