Butler v. Merritt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction.' Before Judge Spence. Mitchell superior court. February 7, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
In 1898 the’General Assembly passed an act (approved December 21, 1898) allowing certain municipalities in the county of Mitchell to establish dispensaries for the sale of intoxicating liquors. The act appointed certain officers of the county as commissioners to carry out its provisions. It was also provided that three supervisors should be selected for each such dispensary. These supervisors were to elect a manager by whom liquors were to be sold for cash and in certain quantities prescribed by the act. The net profits were to be paid, one half to the municipality, and one half to the school…
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