Eittreim v. State Beer Permit Board of Iowa

'Wennerstrum, J.

Plaintiff sought a writ of mandamus in her favor and against the defendant and thereby endeavored to have the district court direct the defendant-board to issue to her a state beer permit. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the *1150petition on tbe grounds that there was no mandatory duty imposed upon it by law to issue such a permit as referred to in plaintiff’s petition and for the further reason that the district court did not have jurisdiction in a mandamus proceeding to order the defendant to issue a permit to the petitioner. The trial court overruled this motion. The…