City of Cairo v. Feuchter Bros.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Prosecution for violation of an ordinance. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alexander County; the Hon. Alonzo K. Vickers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scofield
The court below held ordinance Ho. 513 of the city of Cairo void, and the appellant questions the correctness of this ruling.
The ordinance imposes a license fee of $100 upon every “ wholesale liquor dealer,” and defines this "branch of the liquor business as the selling or giving away of certain intoxicating drinks in quantities of five gallons or more. The fourth section of the ordinance declares that the ordinance shall not apply to any one holding a valid license under ordinance No. 294 for the sale of liquors in less quantities than one gallon.
There could be no doubt as to the validity of…
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