Legal Opinion

Nelson v. State Ex Rel. Gross

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 7, 1946PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRELL, J.:

Section 24, Chapter 26, of the City Code of Miami, provides that “no minor shall be employed by any vendor whose principal business is the sale of intoxicating liquors and no female shall be employed for the purpose of, or be permitted, to serve any liquors by the drink over any bar or counter.”

The appellee, Herman Gross, was arrested on a charge that he “did then and there employ and permit a female to serve liquor by the drink over a bar or counter,” contrary to the quoted part of the City Code underscored. He applied for and secured a writ of habeas corpus on the theory that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Foster v. Bd. of Police Comm'rsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  2. City of Miami v. KichinkoSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
  3. Mayor of Hoboken v. GreinerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1902
  4. State ex rel. Marion v. ReynoldsMontana Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. City of Miami v. KayfetzSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  2. Anderson v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
  3. Dickinson v. StoneSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  4. Fitzpatrick v. Liquor Control CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
  5. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS v. DexterhouseDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977

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