Ex parte Hall
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Andalusia City Court. Heard before Hon. B. H. Lewis. Application by T. A. Hall, for mandamus to the judge of probate of Covington county, to require him- to issue a license for the sale of liquor in the town of Florala in the said county. From a judgment denying the rule petitioner appeals.
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Appeal from Andalusia City Court. Heard before Hon. B. H. Lewis. Application by T. A. Hall, for mandamus to the judge of probate of Covington county, to require him- to issue a license for the sale of liquor in the town of Florala in the said county. From a judgment denying the rule petitioner appeals. The statute creating the dispensary at Florala is unconstitutional and void. ■ — Mitchell v. The State, ex rel., 134 Ala. 392; Town of Elba v. Rhodes, 142 Ala. 189; Harland v. The State, 136 Ala. 150; Lee v. The State, 39 South. 720. Counsel discuss questions presented but without citation of…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Section 14 of the act of 1907 (Loc. Laivs 1907, p. 884) makes it unlawful to sell liquor, etc., in the town of Florala, except by a dispensary to be established thereunder, and is a good law to prohibit, if not otherwise bad. — Mitchell v. State, 134 Ala. 392, 32 South. 687; City of Uniontown v. State, ex rel. Glass, 145 Ala. 471, 39 South. 814.
It is insisted by counsel for appellant that this law is invalid under the authority of Mitchell v. State, supra, and Town of Elba v. Rhodes, 142 Ala. 689, 38 South. 807. We think the act in question free from the vice pointed oht by said authorities…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mitchell v. State ex rel. Florence DispensarySupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- City of Uniontown v. State ex rel. GlassSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Town of Elba v. RhodesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
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