Gifford v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
APPEAL FROM PENDLETON CRIMINAL COURT. [Cited, Tabor v. Lander, 94 Ky. 237, 15 Ky..L. 8, 21 S. W. 1056; Commonwealth v. Lemon, 25 Ky. L. 522, 76 S. W. 40.]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Hines :
Section 47 of an article in relation to the town of Falmouth, II Acts 1878, ch. 794, gives to the trustees exclusive power to grant licenses, and forbids the sale of liquor without first having obtained license therefor. The 'only question presented is -whether this act repeals the local option law, which was in effect in that precinct at the time of the passage of the act of 1878.
It is insisted that it does not repeal, because it is provided in the local option law that it may be repealed by a vote of the people, and this is exclusive of the method of repeal by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CainCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
- Tabor v. LanderCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
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