State v. Rose Hill Pastime Athletic Club
Decision Date | 27 November 1906 |
Citation | 121 Mo. App. 81,97 S.W. 978 |
Parties | STATE ex inf. HADLEY v. ROSE HILL PASTIME ATHLETIC CLUB. |
Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
George L. Edwards, Edward D'Arcy, and A. B. Chandler, for informant. Zach. J. Mitchell, for respondent.
Information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the Attorney General for dissolution of defendant corporation and the forfeiture of its charter. After stating preliminary matter, the information alleges: The answer put at issue all the incriminating allegations of the petition.
The purposes for which the club was formed are correctly set forth in the information. The issue to be decided is whether the club, chartered for a lawful purpose, is being used as a mere scheme to sell intoxicating liquors in defiance of law. The evidence taken by the commissioner and certified to us shows that William Soehngen, a saloon keeper of 20 years' experience, was appointed manager or steward of the club, with power to purchase and sell intoxicating liquors to the members, and has been continued in the office of steward from the organization of the club up to the present time, at a salary of $60 per month. The evidence also shows that the first building occupied by the club was Soehngen's in which he had conducted a saloon, but closed,...
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