Seay v. Knox County Quarterly Court

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is another case involving a denial of a permit to sell beer. Appellants, a grocery store and its owner, contend that the Beer Board discriminatorily applied the two thousand (2,000) foot rule when it denied the store’s application for a permit. After three unsuccessful attempts to obtain a permit from the Beer Board, appellants petitioned and were granted a writ of certiorari and trial de novo in chancery court. The Chancellor upheld the denial of a permit.

At the trial in chancery court all facts were stipulated. From these facts it appears that the Knox County…