People Ex Rel. Cairo Turf Club, Inc. v. Taylor

The qppellee filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the circuit court of Sangamon County to compel the appellants, who constitute the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, to issue a State retailer’s liquor license to appellee. The petition alleged that appellee had received a local license to sell alcoholic liquor at retail for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1952; that it had made application to the State commission for a State license under the terms and provisions of the Liquor Control Act, which, if issued, would have expired on June 30, 1953; that it had deposited the required…