Padilla v. Franklin

The appellant, petitioner below, brought this action in the district court of Santa Fe County against appellees predecessor in office to void certain orders granting additional liquor licenses in Bernalillo County on or about the 20th day of December, 1960, in which he alleged that the chief of division of liquor control acted without and in excess of jurisdiction conferred upon him by our Liquor Control Act, in that he acted unlawfully, unreasonably, arbitrarily and capriciously in granting the licenses. As a basis of this allegation, the petition enumerates various illegal and fraudulent acts allegedly committed by the chief of division.