Thacker v. Crow

Given, Judge:

In this original proceeding in mandamus petitioner, L. E. Thacker, prays a peremptory writ requiring defendant, George Burton Crow, West Virginia Nonintoxicating Beer Commissioner, to transfer a Class A State nonintoxicating beer license, theretofore issued to him for an establishment in West Hamlin, Lincoln County, formerly operated by him, to an establishment leased by petitioner situated west of Hamlin, Lincoln County, on State Route No. 3. No disputed question of fact is involved. The case was submitted for decision upon the pleadings, briefs and oral arguments.

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