Ex parte Seube

Citations

• 115 Cal. 629
• 47 P. 596
• 1897 Cal. LEXIS 486

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Ordinance—License Tax upon Liquor Business—Construction op Ordinance.—An ordinance the evident object and intent of which is to impose a license tax only upon the business of selling liquors, and which imposes a penalty only upon those who carry on the business without a license, is to be construed as a whole, and each section is to be given a construction which will make the whole consistent and operative according to the apparent intent of the framers; and a provision that “every person who sells spirituous, malt, or fermented liquors or wines, in quantities less than one quart, must obtain a license,” etc., is not to be construed by itself as intended to impose a license tax upon every single act of selling, but only upon the business of selling such liquors.</p>