Village of Sparta v. Boorom
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before judgment from Kent; Perkins, J. Lewis H. Boorom was convicted of keeping a saloon, contrary to an ordinance of the village of Sparta.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
The defendant has appealed from a conviction under a village ordinance. The village was incorporated under the general village incorporation act, which provided that it should have power to suppress saloons for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors. Act No. 52, Pub. Acts 1883; 3 How. Stat. § 2847, subd. 7. Acting under the authority given by this act, the village *557council passed the ordinance in question on May 5, 1886. It explicitly forbade any person to keep or maintain any saloon for the purpose of selling any spirituous or intoxicating liquors. Its second section provided that…
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