Jennings v. Texas Liquor Control Board

CHAPMAN, Justice.

W. J. Jennings, appellant herein, filed an application with the County Judge of Potter County, Texas, for a retail beer permit to sell beer in a legal area in Potter County, Texas. The applicant had previously held a beer license permit in 1951 and 1952 and had never had any violations against same. In 1955 a beer license had been issued without protest for the same location applied for in this case. The County Judge denied the license to Jennings and he appealed to the District Court, where the case was tried on an agreed statement of facts. The District Judge upheld the…