Doss v. Moore
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court. JoiiN T. HiCKS, Special Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In January last the county court of White county granted license to C. T. Doss, Jr., & Co. to sell liquors in the town of Beebe during the year 1901. Afterwards Edwin Moore and other citizens of Beebe filed a petition in the White circuit court asking for a writ of certiorari to bring up and quash the order of the county court granting license.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court. JoiiN T. HiCKS, Special Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In January last the county court of White county granted license to C. T. Doss, Jr., & Co. to sell liquors in the town of Beebe during the year 1901. Afterwards Edwin Moore and other citizens of Beebe filed a petition in the White circuit court asking for a writ of certiorari to bring up and quash the order of the county court granting license. The defendants filed a response to the petition, which showed the following facts: Beebe is an incorporated town in Unió». township of White county. There is no…
1Opinion of the Court
BiddiCK, J.,
(after stating the facts). In this case the circuit court quashed the order of the county court granting license to sell liquors in the incorporated town of Beebe on the ground that no separate election was held in the town on the question of granting license. The court, in other words, was of the opinion that an election must be held in an incorporated town separate from the township, and that a majority of the votes cast in the town must be in favor of license, before license to sell liquors in the town can be granted. The decision of this question depends upon a construction of…
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