People ex rel. Molchan v. City Council

This is a petition for mandcumus filed October 19, 1912, in the circuit court of LaSalle county, asking that the relator be licensed to keep- a dram-shop in the city of Streator. A demurrer to the petition was sustained and an amended petition filed November 11, 1912. A demurrer to this latter petition was overruled and the writ ordered issued. The trial judge-certified that the validity of a municipal ordinance was involved and that in his opinion the public interests required that the cause be taken directly to this court.

The relator in his amended petition set up' his application and the…