Legal Opinion

Webster v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1903PublishedCited by 13 opinions

FROM OBION. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Obion County. — R. E. Maiden, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes

Defendants are'convicted of unlawfully tippling intoxicating liquors within four miles of a schoolhouse, *495and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 eacbi and to suffer imprisonment for 60 days in the county jail; and they have appealed.

There was a motion to quash the indictment in the court below upon the grounds that the act of the general assembly of 1903, under which this indictment was based, was void, (1) because the act and those it amends are vicious class legislation, in that manufacturers are exempt from their operation and permitted to sell intoxicating liquors at wholesale within the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Crowley v. ChristensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Thurlow v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
  5. Beer Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Motlow v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Kelly v. ConnerTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
  3. State ex rel. Thompson v. ReichmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Darnell v. ShapardTennessee Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Rhinehart v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1908

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