Gable v. Township Board of Three Oaks

This proceeding is instituted to review on certiorari the action of the circuit court of Berrien county in denying relator a writ of mandamus to compel the township board of Three Oaks township, in said county, to approve his bond and application for a liquor license. Said township, exclusive of a village of the same name within its boundaries, contains a population of 798 persons, according to the census of 1910, and no saloon for the sale of intoxicating liquors has existed in said township for many years.

On April 18, 1914, relator filed with the clerk and presented to the township board of…