Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Lyon v. State Dispensary Commission

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 14, 1908No. 6799PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Petition in the original jurisdiction of this 'Court for mandamus by J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney-General, against W. J. Murray, John McSlween, C. K. Henderson, Avery Patton and B. P. Arthur, as State Dispensary Commission.

1Opinion of the Court

¡The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

The General Assembly, by an act approved 24th February,' 1908, appropriated the sum of $15,000, to be paid by the State Dispensary Commission out of any funds in its hands into the State Treasury for the use of the Attorney-General, in the conduct of criminal prosecutions against persons charged with violations of law connected in any manner -with the State Dispensary. For the enforcement of his official rights, Honorable J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney-General, filed his petition for mandamus on 2d March, 1908, in this Court against W. J.…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. In Re AyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Elliott v. Lessee of PeirsolSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
  4. Pennoyer v. McConnaughySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  5. Farrell v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1905

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. McCall v. BatsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
  2. Harrison v. Wyoming Liquor CommissionWyoming Supreme Court · 1947
  3. McCall ex rel. Andrews v. BatsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
  4. Monarch Mills v. South Carolina Tax CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  5. Carolina Glass Co. v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910

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