Williams v. Phillips

Root, C.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court for Dundy county affirming the action of the trustees of the village of Benkelman in granting a license to Prank C. Phillips to sell intoxicating liquors in said village. Remonstrants appeal.

The applicant, Phillips, filed his application for license in July, 1907. The remonstrants alleged that Phillips in the year preceding his application had violated the excise law in illegally selling intoxicating liquors, to wit, beer, to minors. The evidence discloses that in 1906 a license had been issued to one Palm to sell such liquors in Benkelman,…