State ex rel. Coleman v. City of Pittsburg

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

In 1906 an action was brought in this court in the name of the state on the relation of the attorney-general against the city of Pittsburg to put an end to the unlawful practice alleged to exist there of in effect licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors, under the guise of collecting at regular intervals fines for the infraction of the prohibitory law. A commissioner' was appointed, who filed á report May 13, 1907, sustaining the allegations of the petition. A final judgment was rendered July 5, 1907, ousting the city from the exercise of…