City of Winona v. Whipple
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Winona county by the city of Winona, against the defendant Wbipple, as principal, and the defendants Henry W. Lamberton, Thomas Simpson, Frances M. Cockrell, Joseph A. Prentiss and Herman E. Curtiss, as sureties, upon the official bond of the defendant Whipple, as city treasurer of the' city of Winona. The plaintiff demanded judgment against the defendants for the sum of $1,617.50, with interest and costs.
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This action was brought in the district court for Winona county by the city of Winona, against the defendant Wbipple, as principal, and the defendants Henry W. Lamberton, Thomas Simpson, Frances M. Cockrell, Joseph A. Prentiss and Herman E. Curtiss, as sureties, upon the official bond of the defendant Whipple, as city treasurer of the' city of Winona. The plaintiff demanded judgment against the defendants for the sum of $1,617.50, with interest and costs. The case was tried by the district court, for the county of Winona, Mitchell, J., presiding, who found, among other facts, that the…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
By the provisions of section 2, sub-chapter 4, of the amended charter of the city of Winona, (Sp. Laws 1867, c. (20,) the city council is authorized to grant licenses to venders of intoxicating liquor, and to fix the price of the same at from $10 to $100. Though not so expressly *65enacted, it is to be inferred that the money to be paid for licenses is to be paid into the city treasury, and to be the property of the city.
By Sp. Laws 1875, c. 13, § 1, it is provided “that section 2 of chapter 1 of said amended charter be amended so that the proviso at the end of the first subdivision shall read…
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