Legal Opinion
Brown v. Incorporated Village
Ohio Circuit Courts
Decided March 15, 1890Published
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Van Wert County.
1Opinion of the CourtSeney, J.
On the 6th day of March, A. D. 1889, the Village of Van Wert passed an ordinance under the Dow Liquor Law to prohibit ale, beer and porter houses within said village.
On the 12th day of June, 1889, upon the complaint of or by David C. Farmer, the plaintiff in error was arrested and *408brought before the mayor of the village to answer to a charge of violating said ordinance.
The plaintiff in error filed a motion asking to be discharged from arrest, on the following grounds :
First — That the complaint was insufficient and defective.
Second — That so much of the Dow law as purports to confer upon…
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