Harvey v. Rhea County Beer Board

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

Appellant’s application for a permit to sell beer in a proposed package store adjacent to his grocery-service station on U.S. Highway 27 in Rhea County was denied by the county beer board. Upon petition for certiorari to review the Board’s action, appellant was granted a de novo hearing pursuant to T.C.A., § 57-209. The trial judge upheld the Board’s denial of the permit based upon T.C.A., § 57-205, finding that (1) the proposed package store would cause a traffic hazard and (2) the store would interfere with the public health, safety and morals of the community because…