Legal Opinion
Try-Me Bottling Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 13, 1938No. 6 Div. 155PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
The bill is filed by,the State seeking injunctive relief against defendants charged with conducting, in connection with their legitimate soft drink business, a lottery or gift enterprise in the nature of 'a lottery in disregard of the laws of this State.
Defendants insist the suit was brought in the name of the State' without proper authority therefor, and much argument is directed to that question.
Some of the cases cited by defendants (People v. General Electric Co. et al., 172 Ill. 129, 50 N.E. 158; Kenney v. Consumers’ Gas Co., 142 Mass. 417, 8 N.E. 138; State ex rel.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Stead v. FortnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- J. B. Mullen & Co. v. MoseleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1907
- Grimes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Montgomery v. SparksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Carmichael v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Henley v. RockettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Dozier v. Troy Drive-In-Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1956
- Graddick, Attorney General of Alabama v. Newman Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
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