State ex rel. Swarthout v. County Court

— Relator by proper petition seeks to have this court, by its writ of mandamus, compel the county court of Cass county to grant him a license to keep a dramshop in that county..It appears that at an election held in that county in 1907, the Local Option Law as to the sale of intoxicating liquors, was adopted. Shortly after its adoption, the same party now seeking to compel the county court to issue him a license, conceived the law not to be legally adopted and therefore applied to the county court for a license as a dramshop keeper. That court refused the license on the ground that the…