Houston Ice & Brewing Co. v. Sneed

LEVY, Associate Justice.

At the time in suit the law commonly known as the local option law was in force in Erath County, and appellee was engaged in the business, in Dublin, in that county, of selling by retail to the public non-intoxicating beverages. Appellant manufactures and sells to retailers what is denominated in the record a “soft drink” called “Hiawatha,” made out of malted barley, rice, hops and artesian water, and containing between 1.5 and 2 per cent of alcohol. It is claimed by appellant that the concoction does not contain sufficient alcohol to produce intoxication in any person…