State v. Marshall
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by the state, on the relation of the attorney-general against Marion Marshall, with an attachment and séizure of intoxicating liquors in defendant’s place of business, seeking to have defendant’s illegal sale -of liquor suppressed as a nuisance, and for an injunction against the further conduct of the business and for a decree for penalties.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by the state, on the relation of the attorney-general against Marion Marshall, with an attachment and séizure of intoxicating liquors in defendant’s place of business, seeking to have defendant’s illegal sale -of liquor suppressed as a nuisance, and for an injunction against the further conduct of the business and for a decree for penalties. On demurrer the attachment was dismissed and the property levied on released and the temporary injunction was modified. Both the state and the defendant appeal. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, C. J.
By an act of the legislature of 1910 it was provided:
“That any person who shall sell or give away any vinous or spirituous liquors unlawfully, or who shall allow the same to be sold or given away at his place of business, for any purpose whatever, shall be subject to pay to the state, county, city, town or village, where the offense is committed, each, the sum of five hundred dollars ; and the state, county, city, town or village, or any taxpayer of the state, county, city, town or village in the name thereof, of the state revenue agent, or any sheriff within the county acting for them, may…
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