Crowder v. Schlitz Brewing Co. Etc.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

In Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Crowder, Judge, 292 Ky. 140, 166 S. W. (2d) 274, an original proceeding in this Court, we denied the writs of prohibition sought by the Brewing Companies to prohibit the county judge from proceeding with the trial of certain penal actions. The first two paragraphs of that opinion, which follow, reveal the grounds upon which the penal actions were based.

“Prior to the time when Graves County became local option territory the Schlitz Brewing Company maintained along a highway of the county, on private property, a large…