40 Ind. App. 218 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1907
The Board of Commissioners of the County of Marion denied an application made by Henry J. Arszman, appellant, for license to sell intoxicating liquors in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. He appealed to the Marion Circuit Court, in which court the application was denied. No remonstrance was filed at any time against the granting of said license, either before the Board of Commissioners of the County of Marion or in the Marion Circuit Court. Over the objection of counsel for applicant, the circuit court permitted Eli F. Bitter and Caleb S. Denny to appear as friends of the court, to examine witnesses. Upon the trial the applicant introduced in evidence all proceedings and papers filed with the board of commissioners, consisting of the original application for license, the notice published in the newspaper, the proof of publication, and the applicant’s bond approved by the auditor of Marion county. The applicant testified that he was forty-eight years of age, had been a resident and citizen of the city of Indianapolis,
“To whom it may concern: That hereafter no saloon or other dangerous or offensive business or amusement shall be established or started within five hundred feet of any boulevard, park, or parkway, or either of them, located within the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Nothing in this order shall affect or forbid any lawful business now conducted and established within said distance of any such boulevard, park or parkway. ’ ’
This was admitted over the objection of applicant, and his motion to strike it out was overruled. On August 4, 1904, after a county license had been granted to appellant, the park board sent to the Board of Commissioners of the County of Marion, a copy of said general order number one, and notice of its adoption. Appellant’s place of business was located a distance of eighty feet, immediately across the street from Military park. There are four other saloons located immediately across the street from said Military park. Immediately after the county license was granted, appellant paid to the treasurer of Indianapolis the city license fee, and the city accepted and retained the fee, but refused to issue a license. The appellant ■ having paid the city license fee, and the county license having been issued, he was allowed by the city officers to operate until his case, involving the question of the park order and the issuing of a city license, could be tried in the police court. Upon the trial of appellant in the Superior Court of Marion county judgment for $10 was rendered against him
The overruling ■ of appellant’s motion for a new trial is assigned as error. The reasons for a new trial question the action of the court in permitting Eli F. Ritter to appear and examine witnesses, over the objection of appellant, when no remonstrance had been filed against the granting of a license, and in admitting'in evidence, over the objection of appellant, general order number one of the board of park commissioners, when no remonstrance had been filed against the granting of the license and no pleading filed tendering an issue under which said park order would be admissible. Other reasons questioning the admissibility of such order and its validity are also' set out, but they .all present the same question.
Judgment affirmed.