People ex rel. Stevenson v. Law & Order Club
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. William Hartzell, Judge, presiding. . This was an information in the nature of a quo tvarranto, filed, by leave of the court, in the circuit court of Randolph county by the State’s attorney, requiring the defendant in error, the Law and Order Club, to show cause why its charter should not be revoked for mis-user.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Randolph county; the Hon. William Hartzell, Judge, presiding. . This was an information in the nature of a quo tvarranto, filed, by leave of the court, in the circuit court of Randolph county by the State’s attorney, requiring the defendant in error, the Law and Order Club, to show cause why its charter should not be revoked for mis-user. The court was informed that the defendant in error was incorporated on the 20th of May, 1902, under the law of the State of Illinois pertaining to corporations not for pecuniary profit; that its object, as stated in its…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The only question presented by this record is whether the facts set up in the plea, considered according to their legal effect, are sufficient to justify, the defendant in error in using its corporate powers in dispensing and furnishing intoxicating liquors to its members without first having taken out a dram-shop license according to the statutes of this State. The contention of the corporation is, that a tona fide club can dispense liquors to its members as incidental, merely, to its organization, without taking out a dram-shop license. Many cases from other jurisdictions are cited, holding…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People ex rel. Morrison v. CregierIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Marmont v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Siegel v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- People v. . Adelphi ClubNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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3Cited by25 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Mayfield v. City of SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- South Shore Country Club v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Giustina v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1960
- State v. . Colonial ClubSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Manning v. City of CanonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1909
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