State ex rel. Sayles v. Superior Court

Citations

• 120 Wash. 183
• 206 P. 966
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 883

Syllabus

<p>Ceetiobabi (6)—When Lies—Adequacy oe Remedy by Appeal. Certiorari lies to review a judgment dismissing an action to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance, where the relator would he subject to criminal prosecutions and prevented from continuing his business and would suffer considerable property loss during the pendency of an appeal, for which he could not recover.</p> <p>Constitutional Law (114)—Privileges and Immunities—Due Process—Licenses—Revocation—Prohibition of Business. Const., Art. 1, §§1 and 3, and the fourteenth amendment of the Federal constitution, are not violated by a city ordinance providing for the licensing and regulation of pool and billiard halls, although no provision is made for hearing; and the refusal to grant a license upon the facts of a given case, passed upon by the city authorities, is not reviewable in the courts; in view of the harmful nature and tendency “often” attendant upon the operation of such places, and the necessity of restrictions in the effort to maintain good government.</p>