Mayson v. City of Atlanta

Hall, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, Mayson, complains that the judge of the superior court refused to sanction his petition ifor the writ of certiorari to review and reverse the judgment of the recorder of the city of Atlanta, who had found him guilty of violating the city ordinance, which prohibits “ the keeping for unlawful sale spirituous or malt liquors,” and had fined him $500 therefor.

1. He alleges that he had a license from the county commissioners of roads and revenues to sell liquor by the quart. The license, however, appears to have been issued by the clerk of the commissioners,…