Fanning v. Town of Hickory

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant conducted a filling station, general merchandise store and restaurant, and in connection with the latter was licensed to, and did, sell beer, within the corporate limits of Hickory, Mississippi, and was so engaged when the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Hickory, on September 4, 1945, passed a municipal zoning ordinance under authority of Chapter 171, Laws 1934, now Section 10224, Code 1942, as amended by Chapter 133, Laws 1944.

By the terms of the ordinance the sale of beer and wine as legalized by Chapter 171, Laws 1934, was…