Repass v. Town of Richlands

The facts in this case, briefly stated are as follows: The appellants, on the 4th day of September, 1933, obtained from the commissioner of revenue for Tazewell county, licenses to sell by retail beer and other beverages under the Act of the Virginia Legislature approved August 29, 1933 (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., chapter 3). On the same date a license was issued to the Richland Pharmacy. The licensees began operating under their licenses, at their several places of business within the town of Richlands, and within 300 feet of the public school in said town, where ■some 700 or 800 students were…