Johnstone v. State Board of Equalization

In August of 1947, respondent May Richardson, over the protests of petitioner, Bruce Johnstone, who is a resident of Inverness, Marin County, was issued a seasonal liquor license permitting her to sell hard liquor at Inverness Lodge. After pursuing, unsuccessfully, his remedies before the State Board of Equalization, petitioner sought a writ of mandate from the superior court to compel the board to cancel the license on the ground that the license had been illegally issued. From a judgment denying his petition, Johnstone appeals.

Although several issues were presented by the petition and…