City of Cairo v. Feuchter

This was an action brought by the city of Cairo, against Charles Feuchter and William Feuchter, before a justice of the peace, for carrying on a wholesale liquor business within said city without having a license from said city to do so. The trial before the justice of the peace resulted in a judgment in favor of the city, and defendants were fined $25 each, and costs of suit. On appeal to the circuit court of Alexander county the ordinance under which defendants were arrested was held to be illegal and void, and by judgment of the court the defendants were thereupon discharged. That judgment…