Bates v. State

The question involved in this appeal is whether a person who raises grapes or berries in this State may make wine thereof and lawfully sell the same in quantities of not ■less than one-fifth of a gallon in any county, township and ward where the vote at the preceding general election was “against the sale of wine.” We hold that such sale is lawful except in localities where such sales have been' prohibited by- an order of the county court entered upon' petition of a majority of the adult inhabitants of such locality as now provided by law.

Section one of the act of March 29, 1899 (Kirby’s…