42 Neb. 750 | Neb. | 1894
The plaintiff in error was by the district court for Wayne county convicted of selling and keeping for sale intoxicating liquors without license therefor, and brings the judgment into this court for review upon allegations of error. Inasmuch as the assignments all relate to the legality of the proceedings relied on by the plaintiff in error as a justification, it is deemed proper to set out in detail such parts of the record as bear upon that subject.
On the 18th day of May, 1893, the plaintiff in error filed with the clerk of the village of Carroll the following petition:
“Carroll, Neb., May 18, 1893.
“To the Board of Village Trustees: I, the undersigned, apply for a license for the sale of malt, spirituous, and*752 vinous liquors to be carried on at Carroll, Wayne county, Nebraska, for a period of one year, beginning on the 30th day of June, 1893, and ending on the 1st day of May, 1894.
“Edward Zielke.”
On the 30th day of the same month there was filed with the village clerk a remonstrance by twelve persons, described as “residents of the village of Carroll,” against the allowance of a license to the petitioner, on the ground that the petition was defective in form and not signed by a majority of the resident freeholders of said village. It seems that no action was taken on the foregoing petition or remonstrance, but on the 13th day of June a second petition was filed, of which the following is a copy :
“To the Board of Village Trustees of the Village of Carroll, Wayne County, State of Nebrasha: Your petitioners, whose names are hereto subscribed, respectfully represent that they all are resident freeholders of Carroll, Wayne county, Nebraska, in the county and state aforesaid; that Edward Zielke is desirous of obtaining a license for the sale of malt, spirituous and vinous liquors, to be carried on at Carroll, Wayne county, Nebraska, in said county and state; that the said Edward Zielke is a man of respectable character and standing, and is a resident of the state of Nebraska; wherefore your petitioners pray that a license to sell malt, spirituous, and vinous liquors, to be sold at the place above specified, be granted to said Edward Zielke Tor the period of one year, beginning on the 3d day of June, 1893, and ending on the 1st day of May, 1894, upon his compliance with the provisions of law requiring the payment of license money fees, and giving a bond in that behalf made; and your petitioners will ever pray.
“C. Mast.
“C. M. Mathews.
“R. Buck.
“W. S. Myers.
“ Mrs. Margaret Peters.
*753 “Filed in my office January 13, 1892.
“C. M. Andrews,
“Cleric.”
There was filed a further remonstance in the following words:
“To the Town Board of Ti'usteesof the Town of Carroll, Wayne County, Nebraska: We, the undersigned, residents and freeholders of the town of Carroll aforesaid, object, protest, and remonstrate against the issuing by your board of a license to Edward Zielke to sell malt, spirituous, and vinous liquors 'within said town, for the reasons stated in the remonstrance now on file with the town clerk. [Signed by Mrs. K. B. Northrop and nineteen others.]
“Filed in my office June 16th, 1893, at 5 o’clock.
“C. M. Andrews,
“ Cleric.”
At a meeting of the village board held on the day last named the following proceedings were had, quoting from the record:
“Motion by J. P. Brenner and seconded by C. H. Wolf, that remonstrance filed July 16, 1893, shall not be considered. Carried. Ayes — C. H. Wolf, J. P. Brenner, T. W. Shirts. Nays — John Beach. To which action the remonstrators object.
“Motion made by J. P. Brenner and seconded by C. H. Wolf, that petition of Edward Zielke be considered. Carried. Ayes — Wolf, Brenner, and Shirts. Beach not voting.
“ Motion made by J. P. Brenner and seconded by C. H. Wolf, that the second clause in remonstrance be not considered. Carried. Ayes — J. P. Brenner, C. H. Wolf, T. W. Shirts. Nays — John Beach.
“Remonstrators object to the board proceeding further in the matter, for the reason that the petition was not filed at the time the notice was published and not on file as stated in the notices published, and was not filed until the 13th -day of June.
*754 “The applicant now moves tlie board of trustees for a consideration of his application for final determination. To which the remonstrators object, and ask leave to introduce evidence in support of the remonstrators.
“Motion was made by C. H. Wolf and seconded by J. P-Brenner, that license bq granted Edward Zielke. Carried. Ayes — C. H. Wolf, J. P. Brenner, T. W. Shirts. Nays— John Beach.
“Remonstrators appeal from the decision of the trustees and ask the clerk to immediately furnish a transcript of the records in this matter, and tender him the fees.
“It is therefore considered; First, That the applicant has complied with the law, and is entitled to a license for the sale of malt, spirituous, and vinous liquors during the present fiscal year, upon his filing a bond as required by law and complying with the ordinances of the village of Carroll in such cases made and provided. From which finding remonstrators appeal.
“Adjourned. C. M. Andrews.
“F. A. Berry,
“ Chairman.”
On the 19th day of the same month the remonstrators perfected their appeal by filing in the office of the clerk of the district'court of Wayne county a transcript of the proceedings of the village board; and two days later the bond of the plaintiff in error was approved by three members of the board. On the 22d day of July the plaintiff in error paid to the village clerk $125 in cash and executed three notes in favor of the village trustee for $125 each, and the clerk thereupon issued to him a license for the remainder of the municipal year.
Affirmed.