McCrary v. Sands
Mississippi Supreme Court
J. 0. Sands, E. W. Thompson, and others presented a petition to the city council of West Point, praying for license to sell liquors in said city. A counter petition alleging that many of the signers of applicants’ petition were not citizens of the State nor city, and numerous requests from the signers of the original' prayer for license, asking withdrawal of their names from such petition for license, were filed with the board.
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J. 0. Sands, E. W. Thompson, and others presented a petition to the city council of West Point, praying for license to sell liquors in said city. A counter petition alleging that many of the signers of applicants’ petition were not citizens of the State nor city, and numerous requests from the signers of the original' prayer for license, asking withdrawal of their names from such petition for license, were filed with the board. The board granted the license as prayed for, whereupon McCrary and others petitioned tbe Circuit Court for a writ of certiorari commanding the city board to send up to…
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2Opinion of the Court · ArnoldArnold, J.
The opinions in McCrary et al. v. T. O’Flinn, and McCrary v. Rhodes and Silk dispose of this case. Appellants, as legal voters and residents of West Point, were signers of a general petition against the issuance of license to sell liquor in the city which, it is alleged, have been disregarded by the mayor and selectmen in granting license to Sands and Thompson. Under the circumstances, it was competent for appellants to prosecute a writ of certiorari to review the action of the major and selectmen in granting such license. But the action of the mayor and selectmen on the general…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- McGee v. BeallMississippi Supreme Court · 1886
- Corbett v. DuncanMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- A. Loeb & Co. v. DuncanMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- McCreary v. O'FlinnMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
- McCreary v. Rhodes & SilkMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
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