Pruitt v. Causey

Undercofler, Justice.

Al Causey filed an action for mandamus in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County against the board of commissioners of the county asserting that they have refused to issue to him a license to sell wines at retail and refused to fix a license fee therefor as provided by Code Ann. § 58-801 et seq. After a hearing, the trial court found that the plaintiff had made application to the board of commissioners for a retail wine license but the application was denied because the county had no regulations governing the issuance of such licenses. The court found further that there…