Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Crowder, Etc.

Opinion by

Judge Pulton

Dismissing Petition.

Prior to the time when Graves County became local option territory the Schlitz Brewing Company maintained along a highway of the county, on private property, a large wooden sign advertising Schlitz beer and Sterling Brewers maintained a number of similar signs advertising its product. After local option became effective in the county these advertising billboards were not removed.

Acting upon the theory that the signs constituted a distribution of handbills or posters in violation of KRS 242.250 (K. S. 2554c-19), the Commonwealth filed in the quarterly…