People v. Blom
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ottawa; Padgham, J. Cornelius Blom, Sr., was convicted of violating a city ordinance relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The respondent is a saloon-keeper, whose sole and only business is selling intoxicating liquors at retail in the city of Holland. He paid the 'state tax to the *46county treasurer, and filed the bond required by tbe state law. The city of Holland, by ordinance, requires a person, before engaging in the business of keeping a saloon, to pay a tax of $300, and to comply with certain other conditions. The respondent refused to pay this tax. He was convicted of a violation of the ordinance, and has brought the case here for review.
The authority' for the passage of the ordinance is in title 7 of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Harbaugh v. City of MonmouthIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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