Plumb v. Christie
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction, etc. Before Judge Sheffield. Terrell county. January 15, 1898. This is a petition for an injunction against the opening and operating of dispensaries for the sale of liquors under an act of the legislature approved December 10,1897 (Acts 1897, p. 562). It is alleged, that petitioners are residents and taxpayers of the county, and of the city of Dawson, and for twelve months or more preceding the bringing of their petition have been engaged in the…
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Petition for injunction, etc. Before Judge Sheffield. Terrell county. January 15, 1898. This is a petition for an injunction against the opening and operating of dispensaries for the sale of liquors under an act of the legislature approved December 10,1897 (Acts 1897, p. 562). It is alleged, that petitioners are residents and taxpayers of the county, and of the city of Dawson, and for twelve months or more preceding the bringing of their petition have been engaged in the business of selling, spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors therein, under a license from the municipal authorities, and have…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
On January 15, 1898, Plumb, one of the petitioners in the injunction case, presented to the judge of the superior court his petition against Whitehead, as clerk of the city council of Dawson, for mandamus to require the defendant to grant to petitioner a license to sell at retail spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of the city of Dawson, the petition containing a prayer for mandamus nisi requiring the clerk to show cause in vacation why the mandamus should not be made absolute. The petition alleged, in substance, that under the charter of the city of Dawson, exclusive right to…
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