Jennings v. Russell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Decatur. Tried before the Lion. Wm. H. Simpson. On February 20th, 1891, Thomas F. Jennings, the appellant, presented to the appellee, E. M. Iiussell, as Probate Judge of Morgan County, an application for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, within the corporate limits of the town of Falkville in said county; and this application was accompanied by the indorsement of the requisite number of house-holders and free-holders in said…
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Appeal from the City Court of Decatur. Tried before the Lion. Wm. H. Simpson. On February 20th, 1891, Thomas F. Jennings, the appellant, presented to the appellee, E. M. Iiussell, as Probate Judge of Morgan County, an application for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, within the corporate limits of the town of Falkville in said county; and this application was accompanied by the indorsement of the requisite number of house-holders and free-holders in said town, as required by law. Petitioner also tendered.to the Probate Judge the full amount of the State and County taxes…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The petition as amended alleges that the journals of the Senate and of the House of Representatives foi the session of 1888-9 are entirely silent as to the giving or not giving of the notice required by section 24 Article IV of the Constitution in reference to the local or special law approved December 12, 1888, entitled “An act to prohibit the sale, giving away, or otherwise disposing of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors within three miles of Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama.” — Acts of Ala. 1888-9, p. 184 ; and that said journals are also silent upon the question of the exhibition to the…
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