State Ex Rel. Watts v. Cain
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by H. E. Watts for mandamus against John J. Cain, B. M. English and G. W. Taylor, as the County Dispensary Board for Richland County. •
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones
The petitioner applied in the original jurisdiction of this Court for a rule requiring respondents to show cause why they should not be perpetually enjoined from bottling beer for sale and maintaining an establishment for such bottling.
The respondents made answer to the rule issued and also submitted a demurrer to the petition for insufficiency. By an order, filed June 14, 1907, this Court dismissed the petition and the reasons therefore will now be briefly stated.
1 The answer raised a preliminary question, that the name of the State…
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