Coffman v. Hammer

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This appeal from the decision of the Chancery Court of Grainger County, upholding the County Beer Board’s denial of a permit for the retail sale of beer for off-premises consumption, arises under Chapter 2, Title 57, Tennessee Code Annotated.

Appeals to this Court in cases involving beer permits are accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the action of the trial judge. Such action will not be disturbed on appeal unless the evidence preponderates against it. Lones v. Blount County Beer Board, 538 S.W.2d 386 (Tenn.1976). Upon the application of this standard we…