Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1910 — Legal Information [ARTICLE]

Legal Information

The distribution of Intoxicating liquors In less quantities than five gallons by a social club to its members, for a consideration, though without profit, is held. In State ex rel. Young .vs. Minnesota Club, 106 Minn. 616, 119 N. W. 494, L. R. A. (N. S.) 1101, to constitute a “sale" within the meaning of laws requiring a license for the sale of liquor. > An ordinance merely Imposing a lloense tax upon the business of selling intoxicating liquors Is held, in Cuzner vs. California Club (Cal.) 100 Pac. 868, 20 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1096, not to Include a bona fide social club which merely distributes such liquor 'to Its members at a slight advance over the cost, the profit being devoted to the expenses of the Institution. The one In charge of an electric car Is held, in Trigg vs, Water, Light and Transit Company, 216 Mo. 621, 114 S. W. 972, 20 L. R. A. (N. 6.) 987, not to be -bound to stop the car or slacken its speed upon discovering an object beßlde the track which he takes to be a clump of dirt, although It proves in fact to be a man, whom he strikes before he can stop the car, after he discovers that it is a man. A bona fide purchaser of the capital stock of a corporation Is held, In Everitt vt. Farmers’ and M. Bank (Neb.) 117 N. W. 401, 20 L- R. A. (N. S.) 996, to have the right to sue in equity to compel the corporation to enter the assignment upon Its books, and to issue a new certificate therefor, and to restrain the sheriff from selling said' stock Upon an execution against the vendor, the corporation and sheriff being parties to the action. Persons who have bought lots bordering on a tract of land dedicated for park purposes are held In Northport . Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting Association va. Andrews (Me.) 71 Atl. 1027, 20 L, R. A. (N. 8.) 97*, to have the as against the owner of the fee, to cut the grass thereon If the authorities have not assumed jurisdiction over the park and the removal of Jthe grass will render the park mors suitable for ths use for which it was Intended.