Harrelson v. Glisson

Appeal from the denial of an application for a lounge retail liquor license. We affirm.

Harrelson operated a grocery business in the Carolina Community of Covington County at the intersection of Highway 29 and County Road 31, about five miles south of Andalusia. He made application to the town council of Carolina for a lounge retail liquor license. In due course the council held a hearing, following which it unanimously denied the application. Harrelson then filed in the circuit court of Covington County his petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the Carolina town council. A hearing was…