Hagan v. Black

Under appropriate pleadings, the chancellor held that the quarterly county court of Lawrence County had exceeded its powers in adopting the following resolution:

“Quorum of the Justices of the Peace being present, and a majority voting in the affirmative it is resolved that the sum of fifty dollars reward shall be appropriated to any officer of Lawrence County for the arrest and conviction of any and all persons upon the charg’e of operating or aiding in operating an illicit distillery in said County in the State Courts and that the sum of $25 shall be appropriated to any officer of the said…