A. Loeb & Co. v. Duncan
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. A. Loeb & Co. filed a petition for license to retail vinous and spirituous liquors within the limits of the city of Meridian. The petition recommended “A. Loeb & Co. to be of good reputation and sober and suitable persons to retail vinous and spirituous liquors.” To this L. A. Duncan and twelve others, citizens and legal voters of Meridian, filed a counter petition.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. A. Loeb & Co. filed a petition for license to retail vinous and spirituous liquors within the limits of the city of Meridian. The petition recommended “A. Loeb & Co. to be of good reputation and sober and suitable persons to retail vinous and spirituous liquors.” To this L. A. Duncan and twelve others, citizens and legal voters of Meridian, filed a counter petition. The boards of mayor and aldermen and councilmen of Meridian, after considering the matter, granted license to A. Loeb & Co. on this petition. L. A.…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper, C. J".,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The right of the appellees to invoke the aid of the court, and the power of the circuit court to correct the errors of the inferior tribunal by certiorari, rest upon the same facts substantially as those disclosed in the case of Corbett v. Duncan, ante, page 84, and Avhat Avas there said is applicable to this case. This is a petition by the firm of Loeb & Co. for a license to retail liquor in the town of Meridian, and the petition filed by them and signed by the voters of the town recommended “A. Loeb & Co. to be of good reputation and sober…
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