121 Mo. App. 87 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1906
As in the case of the State ex rel. v. Rosehill Pastime Athletic Club, this is a proceeding by information in the nature of a quo- warrantor filed by the attorney general, to oust the defendant as a corporation and to declare its charter forfeited. The case made by the State is even stronger and more convincing, that the club is used as a scheme for the evasion of the dram-shop act, than the case made against the Rosehill club. The evidence shows that the club succeeded one Jack Sturdy in the dramshop business, after Sturdy’s license as a dramshop keeper had expired, and continued to carry on the business of a dramshop keeper for the benefit of its members-. It is true the club has some athletic