Town of Brazil v. Kress

The appellee was the plaintiff, and the appellant was the defendant, in this action, in the court below.

In his complaint, the appellee alleged, in substance, that on the 2d day of April, 1868, the appellant, by its then board of trustees, adopted a certain ordinance, con*15taining, among other things, a provision requiring all persons, who might engage in the sale of intoxicating liquors, within appellant’s corporate limits, in a quantity less than a quart at a time, to procure a license therefor from appellant’s corporate authorities, for which said person was required to pay, to appellant’s…