City of Lyons v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Bice District Court. On September 8,1885, the mayor and council of Lyons, in Rice county — a city of the third class — enacted an ordinance requiring all druggists within the city of Lyons selling intoxicating liquors to pay a yearly license of $500. This action was commenced by C. A. Cooper and B. C. Ogden, (partners doing business under the firm-name of Cooper & Ogden,) and J. 8. Chase, and i?. L. McJunJdn, against C. M. Rawlins, the mayor of Lyons, and also the…
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Error from Bice District Court. On September 8,1885, the mayor and council of Lyons, in Rice county — a city of the third class — enacted an ordinance requiring all druggists within the city of Lyons selling intoxicating liquors to pay a yearly license of $500. This action was commenced by C. A. Cooper and B. C. Ogden, (partners doing business under the firm-name of Cooper & Ogden,) and J. 8. Chase, and i?. L. McJunJdn, against C. M. Rawlins, the mayor of Lyons, and also the councilmen of the city, to restrain the city of Lyons and the mayor and councilmen from the collection of the license…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The evidence in this case shows that the city of Lyons has about sixteen hundred inhabitants; that there are four drug stores in that city, having permits to sell intoxicating liquors for medical, scientific and mechanical purposes; that the gross profits of one of the principal druggists are about a thousand dollars a year; that his expenses for carrying on the business, not counting the cost of drugs or other articles sold, are over half of that amount; and that consequently the net profits are meager. It seems to be admitted that the…
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