City of Newport v. Tye

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a direct appeal from the police court of the City of Newport, authorized by KRS 26.090, from a judgment declaring invalid an ordinance of the city governing the manufacture, sale and traffic in alcoholic beverages within the city. The only phase of the ordinance attacked is a provision fixing a week day closing hour of 3:00 A.M. for the holder of a “Special Retail Drink License.” Appellee was charged with violating this part of the ordinance.

As we read the judgment, it determined the city had no authority to (1) provide for a Special Retail Drink License, or (2)…