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Show American Fork Sued for $500 Oamages l'rovo, July 11, Suit against American Amer-ican Fork City, Earl S. Greenwood, mayor; Hans Chrlsteusen, Sidney N'lcholes, E, H. Hawkins, J. n. Seeley and William Thornton, members of tho city council; Joseph 11. Forbes, city recorder, and William Ilromloy, city marshal, to compel the city to grant a druggist license to Hrlggs I harmacy company of American Fork, has been filed in the Fourth District Court. IMalntlff alleges that the city council at a special meeting on July 8 refused to grant a druggists' license, without any hearing or Investigation to justify tho refusal; $f00 damages aro asked for injury to plaintiff's business busi-ness by reason ot the refusal to grant the license. A temporary restraining order, restraining defendants from Interfering In-terfering with tho carrying on of the plaintiffs' drug business pending tho hearing has been Issued by Judge A. li. Morgan. This suit grow out of tho city council coun-cil refusing to renew druggists' licenses li-censes to tho two drug stores who1 woro convicted of soiling liquor unlawfully. un-lawfully. After being refused a license li-cense Mr. Hrlggs Incorporated a company com-pany and took over tho business of the Hrlggs Pharmacy, electing himself president, and his clerk mnuager. Tho manager of tho now corporation applied for a new license, alleging that It was not Lawrence Ilrigga but a corporation cor-poration that was asking for the II-conse. II-conse. Tho city officials, however, took tho view that It was only a Juggling of names; that the concern wns really the same beforo and after the forming of the corporation, and was changed to ovado the penalty of the law, which provides for a refusal of license In case of conviction of soiling liquor unlawfully. The city attorney says that tho city olllclals will win out when tho case comes Into court In tho meantime both Hrlggs and the American Fork Drug company, whose cases are pr..e-mall pr..e-mall uliituul. are opcnitln" thru iruj: more unil In m leas' m ihk I ' it ii, hi dgine the sane old bird IUB8, |