American Express Co. v. Miller
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Suit by George P. Miller and others against the American Express Company to obtain a mandatory injunction, requiring it to receive and transport intoxicating liquors. From an order granting the -writ, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Suit by George P. Miller and others against the American Express Company to obtain a mandatory injunction, requiring it to receive and transport intoxicating liquors. From an order granting the -writ, defendant appeals. Section 1771 of the Code of 1906, referred to in the opinion, provides: “If any person shall act as agent or assistant of either the seller or purchaser, in effecting the sale of liquor, bitters or drink, the sale of which without license is unlawful under the provisions of this chapter, in any county, district, territory, or…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellees are engaged in the lawful sale of intoxicating liquor at various points in Louisiana, near the city of Vicksburg, Miss. They have numerous customers in Mississippi, from whom they receive, by mail, letters ordering liquor and containing money, drafts, etc., to cover the price thereof. Upon receipt of these orders, appellees prepare the liquor for shipment, and deliver the packages containing it, addressed to the customers at their residences in Mississippi, to various boats plying between *249the places at which they are engaged in business and the city of Vicksburg. Some of these boats…
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