Alexander v. Graves

The appellant filed a petition in the circuit court of Hinds county, praying for a writ of prohibition against C. L. Graves, justice of the peace, restraining enforcement of an ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors of Hinds county, creating a zone in a residential section adjoining the city of Jackson on the north, and prohibiting the sale of beer within the said zoned territory. The order of the board of supervisors provided “that the board finds that the property hereinafter described is a residential section adjoining the city of Jackson, and it will promote the public health,…