Legal Opinion

Erwin v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1905PublishedCited by 21 opinions

PROM MARION. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion County.— S. D. McReynolps, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil

The plaintiff in error was indicted in the circuit court of Marion county for the unlawful sale of liquors in nineteen separate cases, was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 in each case, and ninety days’ confinement in the county workhouse was imposed in each case. He has prosecuted an appeal to this court from the aforesaid judgments of conviction. All the cases have been tried here together, being substantially on the same facts. The plaintiff in error insists that he acted within the law in making the sale of liquors referred to, because he had a license from the authorities of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. The Paquete HabanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. United States v. TynenSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  3. Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Broughton v. PensacolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  5. Blessing v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1874

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Hoover Motor Exp. Co. v. Railroad & Public Utilities CommissionTennessee Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Malone v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Southern Railway Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  4. State ex rel. Pitts v. Nashville Baseball ClubTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  5. State Ex Rel. v. CollierTennessee Supreme Court · 1930

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