Barringer v. City Council of Florence
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The case first above stated was an application to this court, in its original jurisdiction, to restrain the city council of Florence from its threatened action of granting liquor licenses, the plaintiffs being citizens and taxpayers. In the second case, there was an application for discharge from arrest, under writ of habeas corpus, on the charge of selling liquor without license.
1Opinion of the Court
The following order, signed by all the justices, was delivered
Per Curiam. These two cases, instituted in the original jurisdiction of this court, being of a kindred nature, though not involving the same questions, were heard and will be considered together. The first is a case asking for an injunction to restrain the city council of Florence from granting licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors, upon the ground that there is now no law authorizing the granting of such licenses, and, therefore, that the threatened action of said city council in this respect is ultra vires. The second is a…
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