State ex rel. Getchel v. Bradish
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. Ruenell, Circuit Judge. The case is fully stated in the opinion. argued that the town board acted not in a judicial but in a purely ministerial capacity in the matter of revoking a license, and the prejudice of one member could not invalidate their action. The revocation of a license is not a taking of a property right. State ex rel. Starkweather v. Common Council of Superior, 90 Wis. 612.
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. J.
It appears from the record that July 17, 1895, the town board of Bushford granted and issued to the relator a license to sell at retail at the village of Eureka, in said town, intoxicating liquors, to be drunk upon the premises; that upon complaint made and trial had before the town board under sec. 1558 eb seq., E. S., the relator was convicted of selling whisky to a minor without the written order of the parent or guardian of said minor, and his license was revoked; that thereupon a writ of eerUorari was obtained from the circuit court to review such proceeding of the town…
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