Hodges v. Metcalfe County Court
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 54 — Application op R. C. Hodoes for a License to < Retail ILiquors. APPEAL FROM METCALF CIRCUIT COURT. From Part of ti-ie Judgment of the Circuit Court Applicant Appeals. Appellant filed notice and made application in due form before the county judge for a license to retail spirituous liquors in Metcalfe county and introduced proof showing that he was qualified in all respects to carry on said business as required by the statutes.
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Case 54 — Application op R. C. Hodoes for a License to < Retail ILiquors. APPEAL FROM METCALF CIRCUIT COURT. From Part of ti-ie Judgment of the Circuit Court Applicant Appeals. Appellant filed notice and made application in due form before the county judge for a license to retail spirituous liquors in Metcalfe county and introduced proof showing that he was qualified in all respects to carry on said business as required by the statutes. We contend that there are only three causes for which a license -of this kind can be defeated when the applicant has complied with the law. 1, “If a majority…
1Opinion of the Court
OdlOTON OF THE COURT BY
CHIEF JUSTICE BURNAM
Reversing
At the January term of-the Metcalfe County Court, 1903, the appellant applied for a license to retail liquor in the county by the quart, and testified and showed by the testimony of other witnesses -that he had given the notice required by section 4203 of the Kentucky Statutes of 1899. ■No objection was made to the application, and there was no evidence that he was a person of bad character, or that he would not keep an orderly or law-abiding house. The county judge, on this showing, refused the license, and, his motion ,for a new trial…
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- Hensley v. Metcalfe County CourtCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
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