Howland v. State ex rel. Zirklebach

Citations

• 56 Fla. 422

Syllabus

<p>1. Mandamus will lie to compel a City Treasurer to issue a receipt to an applicant for a liquor license, where such receipt is a necessary step in the procurement of a license.</p> <p>2. A municipal ordinance, fixing the charge for a liquor license outside a restricted area in the city at $1500 additional to that imposed in such area, is invalid, it being admitted that the costs of policing is the same and that both districts contain resident and business sections, although the municipality is empowered to pass any ordinance not in conflict with the Federal or State Constitutions or Statutes, to-regulate and restrain liquor shops and to impose license taxes. (Hocker and Parkhill, JJ., dissenting.)</p>