Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Witter v. Forkner

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 2, 1895PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon.W. A. Spurrier, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin and abate an alleged liquor nuisance. Tlie cause was- tried to the court, and ai decree entered dismissing plaintiff’s petition* and it appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.

-The plaintiff’s petition is in the usual form of such papers, alleging that defendant Moore is the owner, and defendant Forkner the occupant of a building in the city of Des Moines wherein intoxicating liquors were sold, and kept with intent to be sold, contrary to law, by the said Forkner, with the knowledge and consent of Moore. The petition further alleges: That chapter 62' of the Acts of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, familiarly known as the “Mulct Law,” is unconstitutional and void in this: that the act is in.' conflict with article 6, section 1, article 4, section 16, and article…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. People ex rel. Le Roy v. HurlbutMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Santo v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1855
  4. Commonwealth v. LockwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  5. Morford v. UngerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State ex rel. White v. BarkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  2. State Ex Rel. Richards v. MoorerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  3. Weight v. CunninghamTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  4. State ex rel. Taylor v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  5. Ross v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905

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