Supervisors

Great Western Power Co. v. Board of Supervisors

Good Law
21 Cal. App. 146·131 P. 88
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 10, 1913Civ. No. 1029.California1,040 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Burnett, J.

The court below on certiorari annulled an order of said board of supervisors granting to one H. O. Jacobs a license to engage in the business of selling liquors at Prattville, in said Plumas County.

The application for the writ was made upon the ground that the action of said board was void by reason of the law approved March 25, 1-909, [Stats. 1909, p. 722], and provid ing that “It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, keep for sale, or give away, any spirituous, vinous, malt or mixed intoxicating liquors at any place situated more than one mile outside the limits of an incorporated city or town, and within four miles of any camp or assembly of men, numbering twenty-five or more, engaged upon, or in connection with the construction, repair or operation of any public or quasi public work, improvement or utility; provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to apply to the sale, keeping for sale, or disposal of any such liquor at a licensed saloon or liquor store which shall have been established, or at a licensed saloon or liquor store which shall be maintained, at the time this act takes effect, upon the same premises where a licensed saloon or…

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