State ex rel. Amvets Post 27 v. Beer Board of Jellico

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this case the holder of a valid liquor-by-the-drink permit, issued pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 57, Tennessee Code Annotated, challenges the authority of a municipal beer board to deny it a beer permit for on-premises consumption under Chapter 5 of the same title.

An ordinance of the City of Jellico authorizes only five beer permits within the city limits. That number was issued and outstanding when appellant made its application. For that reason the application was denied. The Chancellor held that the beer board had acted properly and denied a writ of mandamus…