State v. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; T. M. Milling, Judge. Action by the State against the AnheuserBusch Brewing Company for licenses. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The state of Louisiana sues the defendant brewing company for licenses for the years 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913, at the rate of $200 for each year, for retailing alcoholic liquors during the said years, in the town of Franklin, in this state.
Defendant answers, denying that it is a retail dealer in liquors, but admitting that it had sold beer in the original and unbroken packages, as imported from the state of Missouri into this state, directly to consumers, and that said packages contained more than five gallons.
There was judgment in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. Pabst Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- State v. SpenceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- State v. Frederick De Bary & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912