Butt v. Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc.

The essential facts out of which this litigation arose are stated in the opinion in the recent case of Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc., v. Trimble, Judge, 198 Ark. 970, 132 S. W. 2d 196, in which case a writ of prohibition was prayed against the Benton circuit court, in a proceeding'wherein, the prosecuting attorney of that county sought to enforce the collection of revenue tax on a quantity of liquor owned by the Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the distillery company.

It was alleged in the application for the writ that the authority to enforce payment…