State ex rel. Meyer v. Greene
Supreme Court of Alabama
First case, appealed from Birmingham City Court- Heard before Hon. Charles A.’Sexx. Second case, appealed from Morgan Circuit Court. Heal'd before Hou. I). W. Speake. Mandamus by the state, on relation of M. E. Woodward, against William E. Skeggs, judge of probate; and by lien Meyer against Samuel E. Green, judge of pror bate, to compel the issuance of licenses to sell liquor. From judgments denying peremptory writs, plaintiffs appeal.
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First case, appealed from Birmingham City Court- Heard before Hon. Charles A.’Sexx. Second case, appealed from Morgan Circuit Court. Heal'd before Hou. I). W. Speake. Mandamus by the state, on relation of M. E. Woodward, against William E. Skeggs, judge of probate; and by lien Meyer against Samuel E. Green, judge of pror bate, to compel the issuance of licenses to sell liquor. From judgments denying peremptory writs, plaintiffs appeal. In the first appeal, Tillman, Grubb, Bradley & Morrow, and Gregory L. Smith, represented tlie appellant and filed exhaustive briefs. This record was used by…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
These appeals, involving identical questions, were argued and submitted together, and are presented from judgments denying peremptory writs of mandamus to compel the judges of probate of Morgan and Jefferson counties to issue to the respective petitioners licenses to sell spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors. The petitioners assume that what are commonly called the state prohibition law and the local option law aré barriers to the granting of the relief sought, unless these laws are constitutionally invalid. The petitioners therefore assail both enactments upon grounds of asserted…
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