PEOPLE EX REL. CAIRO TURF CLUB, INC. v. TAYLOR

No. 32971.

2 Ill.2d 160 (1954)

116 N.E.2d 880

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Cairo Turf Club, Inc., Appellee, v. CHALMER C. TAYLOR, Chairman Illinois Liquor Control Commission, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOHN L. DAVIDSON, JR., WILLIAM C. WINES, FRED G. LEACH, and MARK O. ROBERTS, of counsel,) for appellants.

JOSEPH Z. SUDOW, and JULIAN B. VENEZKY, both of Peoria, and JAMES H. MANNS, of Springfield, for appellee.


Appeal dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellee filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the circuit court of Sangamon County to compel the appellants, who constitute the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, to issue a State retailer's liquor license to appellee. The petition alleged that appellee had received a local license to sell alcoholic liquor at retail for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1952; that...

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