Enos v. Hanff

The controlling question presented by the record is very simple, and its proper solution is free from difficulty. Can a village board issue a valid license authorizing the sale of intoxicating liquors in a building controlled by a manufacturer of beer? The statute says, “No,” in language too plain for misinterpretation or misconstruction. Rev. St. 1913, sec. 3892. The power of the legislature to pass such a law and to make it applicable to present owners of property devoted to saloon purposes has been affirmed by the supreme court of the United States as follows: “Lawful state legislation, in…