Vernier v. Common Council
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne, Hally, J. Mandamus by Edmund C. Vernier against the common council of the village of Grosse Pointe Shores, to compel respondents to grant relator’s application for a license to engage in the retailing of intoxicating liquors. An order granting the writ is reviewed by respondents on certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is certiorari brought by the common council of Grosse Pointe Shores to review the action of the circuit court of Wayne county in granting a mandamus in favor of relator against said village council. The sole question involved is the validity of an ordinance adopted by the village council on April 12, 1912, suppressing all saloons in said village. On the same date the relator below made application for a license to carry on the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors in said village. On April 29th the council rejected said application. Whereupon the relater applied to the circuit…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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