Boyd v. Burmaster

This is a controversy over the licensing and operation of a liquor store in Oak Ridge in Anderson County. The cause was tried on hill and answer and the Chancellor found in favor of the defendants Burmaster and others. The complainant commissioners have appealed.

The ultimate question is whether the complainant commissioners have the final authority in determining whether an applicant shall have the privilege of selling liquor in Oak Ridge or whether the final authority is vested in the Commissioner of Finance and Taxation.

Chapter 49, Public Acts of 1939, authorized the sale of liquor in this…