Churchill v. Common Council
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Hosmer, Brooke, Rohnert, Donovan, and Mandell, JJ. Mandamus by John W. Churchill to compel the common council of Detroit to approve a liquor bond. There was an order denying the writ, and relator brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMooee, J.
The relator, desiring to engage in the saloon business at 772 Porter street in the city of Detroit, filed his bond in due form. The common council rejected the bond because it provides for the establishment of a saloon in the restricted district defined in an ordinance passed on the 20th day of July, 1907, wherein the common council' prescribed where saloons in which spirituous, intoxicating, or malt liquors are sold as a beverage might not be located. Relator applied to the circuit court for a writ of mandamus to compel the common council to approve his bond. The court denied his petition.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Love v. Judge of Recorder's Court of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
- Timm v. Common Council of Caledonia StationMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- People v. BlomMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
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