Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Allen v. Beasley
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 9, 1945PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Prewitt
This is one of four companion causes in which the chancellor ordered the issuance of the writ of mandamus. The defendants, Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Franklin, have appealed here,.as in the other three canses.
The question involved is whether the acts of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen were arbitrary and unreasonable, or based upon a sound discretion, when they -refused the certificate to permit the relator, to engage in the retail liquor business in the Town of Franklin.
Chapter 49, section 8, of the Public Acts of 1939 (Code, Sec. 6648.11) imposes the performance of a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. CraigTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
- State Ex Rel. Millers Nat. Ins. v. FumbanksTennessee Supreme Court · 1941
- State Ex Rel. Cravens v. DelkTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
- Ouachita Power Co. v. DonagheySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Trotter and Arnold v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
3Cited by7 opinions
- Grubb v. Mayor Aldermen, MorristownTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
- Long v. National Bureau of Casualty UnderwritersTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
- State Ex Rel. Harris v. BeasleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- SPE, Inc. v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson CountyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
- State ex rel. Simmons v. LatimerTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
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