Pruitt v. Housley

Mobley, Justice.

Dean Pruitt, as resident of Forsyth County and citizen of the State of Georgia, filed a petition seeking mandamus against Gus Housley, Loyd Smith, and Billy Mc-Brayer, Chairman and members respectively of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Forsyth County, Georgia. The petitioners prayed that mandamus issue compelling the defendants to fix annual license fees and regulate the sale of malt beverages in Forsyth County as allegedly required by the Malt Beverage Act of 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 73). The trial court sustained the general demurrer to the petition and…