State v. Droppo
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of the crime of unlawfully taking and receiving an order for the sale of intoxicating liquor, in a village in which a majority of the votes at the last election was not in favor of license. Defendant’s demurrer to the indictment was overruled, Watts, J., who, at the request of defendant, certified to this court the two questions whose substance is given in the opinion. Case remanded, after answering the questions in the negative.
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
The defendant was indicted for soliciting orders for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the village of Fertile, in Polk county, Minnesota, said village being a village in which a majority of the votes at the last election at which the question of license was voted was not in favor of license, contrary to the provisions of Laws 1913, p. 711, e. 484. The defendant demurred to the indictment. The demurrer was overruled.
Two questions were certified to this court pursuant to the statute:
(1£) Is chapter 484, Laws 1913, unconstitutional within article 4, § 27, of the Constitution because…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Delamater v. South DakotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- State v. CassidySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- State ex rel. Olsen v. Board of Control of State InstitutionsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- State v. Shevlin-Carpenter Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- State ex rel. Young v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Seamer v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919