Byrum v. Peterson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Antelope county. Tried below before Powers, J. cited: People v, Mealdn, 10 N. Y. Sup., 161; People v. St. L. & S. F. B. Co., 47 Hun [N. Y.], 543; People v. Green Island Water Co., 56 Id., 76; Am. Water Works Co. v. State, 31 Neb., 445; State v. Supervisors, 64 Wis., 220; Sehend v. Aid Society, 49 Id., 237.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell Ch., J.
The plaintiffs are trustees of the village of Elgin, Antelope county, and the defendants in error residents of that village. On the 4th of August, 1891, one Stark Inghram filed a petition with the village board of Elgin for a license to sell intoxicating drinks. On the 21st of that month the plaintiff herein signed a remonstrance against the issuance of said license, and as a cause therefor alleged: First, that the appellant was not a law-abiding citizen; second, that the petition was not signed by the requisite number of freeholders, etc.
A number of supplemental remonstrances were filed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schend v. St. George's German Aid SocietyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- American Water-works Co. v. State ex rel. O'ConnorNebraska Supreme Court · 1891
- State ex rel. Weber v. BaysNebraska Supreme Court · 1891
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