Post v. Village of Sparta
Michigan Supreme Court
Motion for order to show cause. Eelator, a resident of the township of Plainfield, in Kent county, wishing to go into the saloon 'business in the village of Sparta, presented a bond in accordance with the requirements of the Liquor Law (Act 259 of 1881) to the common council of that village. As the council had never fixed the penal sum for such bonds, it was drawn in the sum of $6000, which is the maximum amount required by the State law.
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Motion for order to show cause. Eelator, a resident of the township of Plainfield, in Kent county, wishing to go into the saloon 'business in the village of Sparta, presented a bond in accordance with the requirements of the Liquor Law (Act 259 of 1881) to the common council of that village. As the council had never fixed the penal sum for such bonds, it was drawn in the sum of $6000, which is the maximum amount required by the State law. No objection was made to the sureties, who had duly justified on oath, but the council, without referring the bond to any committee, rejected it for no…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court
denied the writ on the ground that the village of Sparta was organized under the General Incorporation Law, which was so amended in 1883 (Act 52) as to give the villages organized thereunder the right to suppress saloons.
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