McCormick v. Pfeiffer

Citations

• 19 S.D. 269
• 103 N.W. 31
• 1905 S.D. LEXIS 38

Syllabus

<p>Rev. Pol. Code, § 2857, gives any person the right to appear before the corporate authorities of a city and object to their granting a permit for the carrying on of the liquor business, and section 2855 provides that the city council may, in their discretion, refuse to receive of any person the license provided for, in the event that he he of immoral character, or they shall deem him unfit to carry on the business. Held, that a city council may determine that a person is unfit to carry on the liquor business from their own personal knowledge, and deny the application without further investigation, and without stating the reasons on which their action is predicated.</p>