Legal Opinion

Mayor of Shellman v. Saxon

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 17, 1910PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Injunction. Before'Judge Worrill. Randolph superior court.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

The Mayor and Council of Shellman adopted two ordinances at the same meeting, one prohibiting the selling, within the corporate limits,- of any imitation of or substitute for beer, ale, wine, whisky, or other' spirituous or malt liquors which contained more than one fourth of one per cent, of alcohol; and the other imposing a number of stringent regulations, restrictions, and requirements upon persons selling such imitations or-substitutes within the corporate limits. W. T. Saxon filed his equitable petition against the municipal authorities, seeking to have them enjoined from enforcing such…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. In Re SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Dobbins v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Co. v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  4. City of Atlanta v. Gate City Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  5. Port of Mobile v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. Cutsinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  3. City of Douglas v. South Georgia Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1934
  4. Baldwin v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  5. Brown v. City of ThomasvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923

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