State ex rel. Strike v. Common Council

Before it can be determined whether the common council abused its discretion in the matter of refusing a license to the relator, it becomes necessary first to ascertain the extent of the discretion vested by the ordinance in the common council.

The licensing of gasoline filling stations seems to be recognized as a proper exercise of the police power. So far as the purpose sought to be accomplished by such ordinances is revealed by the reported cases, it seems to be confined to the prevention of fire hazards and the congestion of traffic, *442as in Hyma v. Seeger, 233 Mich. 659, 207 N. W. 834;…