Bruner v. City of Danville

PALMORE, Judge.

This proceeding originated as a mandamus suit in the Boyle Circuit Court. Its purpose was to secure for the appellant, Bruner, a license to conduct public dances in the City of Danville. The only defendants named in the complaint were the may- or and one member of the city’s common council. During the course of the litigation it was agreed that the city was the proper defendant, whereupon the city was substituted for the original defendants and its appearance was entered. After hearing the testimony of both sides concerning the manner in which Bruner’s application for the…