Jiffy Food Stores, Inc. v. Ferris

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

The present original actions, or proceedings, are the outgrowth of efforts by the petitioner to obtain renewal of its respective permits to sell, at two of its Altus, Oklahoma, stores, nonintoxicating beverages— specifically 3.2 beer — for consumption off the premises as provided in Tit. 37 O.S.1961, §§ 163.11 and 163.11A.

Petitioner is a Texas corporation, with headquarters at Wichita Falls, and is licensed to do business in Oklahoma. Through a system of division managers, training supervisors, store managers and assistant store managers, it operates a chain of so-called…