Mayor of Mobile v. Rouse
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appoal from the County Court ofMobile. This was a proceeding instituted before the Mayor of thg city, at the suit of the plaintiff in error against the defendant, for the recovery of the sum of $59,the amount prescribed by an ordinance of the corporation for selling “ drink, wine and spirituous liquors,” within the limits of the same, without license.
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Appoal from the County Court ofMobile. This was a proceeding instituted before the Mayor of thg city, at the suit of the plaintiff in error against the defendant, for the recovery of the sum of $59,the amount prescribed by an ordinance of the corporation for selling “ drink, wine and spirituous liquors,” within the limits of the same, without license. Judgment being rendered in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant appealed to the County Court, where, upon a demurrer to the statement of the complaint, it was adjudged that as the retailing of spirituous liquors, áse., was an offence against…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLIER, C, J.
The Mayor and Aldermen, &c. of the city of Mobile are invested with authority by its act of incorporation, to provide for licensing and regulating retailers of liquors within the limits of the city, and annulling the license, on good and sufficient complaint being made against any person holding the same. In the statement made by the plaintiff, so much of the ordinance as is supposed to be material, is set out. , From this it appears, that a fine of fifty dollars is imposed on every person who shall retail spirituous liquors, áse. in less quantities than a quart, within the…
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