Wolf v. City of Lansing

The charter of the city of Lansing provides that

“No person shall engage in or exercise the business or occupation of tavern-keeper, inn-holder, common victualer, or saloon-keeper, within the limits of said city, until he is first licensed as such by the common council; all hotel or tavern-keepers, inn-holders, or common victualers, who shall keep a bar in connection with their hotel, tavern, inn, or common victualing establishment, and all grocers, druggists, and all other persons who shall sell beverages by the glass or cup in their respective establishments, which are usually sold in a…