Legal Opinion

Howland v. State ex rel. Zirklebach

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1908PublishedCited by 7 opinions

This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Escambia Counity. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.

On April 21, 1908, the City Treasurer of Pensacola sued out his writ of error to the judgment of the circuit court entered October 26, 1908, awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the issuance of a receipt from the city as a basis for a license to John Zirklebach & Company.

The alternative writ attacks the validity of a section of an ordinance of the city of Pensacola passed September 25, 1907. The first section prohibits any one engaging in the business of a dealer in spirituous, vinous and malt liquors without payment of a license tax of one thousand dollars. The second section…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex parte TheisenSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  2. Ex parte SimsSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
  3. State ex rel. Hubbard v. HolmesSupreme Court of Florida · 1907
  4. State ex rel. Norman v. D'AlemberteSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  5. State ex rel. Bash v. County CommissionersSupreme Court of Florida · 1884

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Harper v. GallowaySupreme Court of Florida · 1909
  2. Ex Parte PrichaSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  3. State ex rel. Simpson v. AckerlySupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  4. Hallman v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  5. City of Miami Beach v. Atheneum, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971

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