State ex rel. City of Aberdeen v. Superior Court

Citations

• 44 Wash. 526
• 87 P. 818
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 869

Syllabus

<p>Intoxicating Liquors — License — Municipal Corporations — Power to Revoke License — Review. A city council has power, under Bal. Code, § 2934, giving it sole and exclusive authority to restrain or license the sale of intoxicating liquors, to arbitrarily revoke a license, the statute not providing for notice, hearing or method of finding the facts; hence the council’s action is not subject to review by the courts.</p> <p>Same — Prohibition—To Review Revocation oe Liquor License— Adequate Remedy by Appeal. Prohibition lies to prevent the superior court from reviewing the action of a city council in revoking a liquor license, since the action is legislative and not judicial, and since the action is discretionary and not subject to review; and the remedy by appeal is inadequate.</p>