Legal Opinion
Tatum v. Town of Trenton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 7, 1890PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Tax. License. Liquor. Before Judge Milner. Bade superior court. September term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Tatum, desiring to retail spirituous liquors in the town of Trenton, and believing that the board of commissioners of said town had full power and authority to grant him a license so to do, and fix and regulate the pi’ice thereof, and being assured by said board that they had such power and authority, applied to and obtained from the board a license to retail spirituous liquors in the town of Trenton in 1883, in 1884, and in 1885, paying to said board of commissioners for *469the three years $650.00. In the year 1885 he was indicted and convicted for retailing spirituous liquors…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- First National Bank v. Mayor of AmericusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Tatum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Callaway v. Mayor of MilledgevilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
- Commissioners v. NorrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- McGehee & Hatcher v. Mayor of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
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