Lake v. Village of Cedar Springs
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Kent; McDonald, J. Mandamus by Orin Lake to compel the common council of the village of Cedar Springs to approve a liquor bond. An order denying the writ is reviewed by relator on writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBibd, C. J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, the common council of the village of Cedar Springs, to approve the liquor bond of relator, Orín Lake. The sole question raised by relator’s brief is whether subdivision 7 of section 2769 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, which gives villages the power to suppress saloons for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, was repealed by Act No. 291 of the Public Acts of 1909. The relator filed his application for a license with the respondent on March 23, 1910. The council on April 11th passed an ordinance suppressing…
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