Legal Opinion

Austin v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1898PublishedCited by 42 opinions

PROM MONROE. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Monroe County. James Gr. Parks, J.

1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.

W. B. Austin prosecutes this appeal in error from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, whereby he was sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs of suit, for unlawfully selling cigarettes. He admits the sale, but denies that it was unlawful.

*565Austin, who was a citizen and merchant of Monroe County, Tennessee, purchased from the American Tobacco Co., a New Jersey corporation, at its factory in Durham, North Carolina, a lot of cigarettes, in packages of ten . cigarettes each, which it' shipped thence, by express, to him at his place of business in this State; and there he…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Brown v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  3. Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. Leisy v. HardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. County of Mobile v. KimballSupreme Court of the United States · 1881

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  4. Standard Oil Co. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Malone v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1907

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