Allen v. Carter

William B. Carter, d/b/a Columbus Liquor Store, Columbus Liquor Corporation and James Dempsey Teal filed their petition for mandamus in the Superior Court of Muscogee County against J. R. Allen, Mayor, City of Columbus, and other named persons as City Commissioners of the City of Columbus and against Ralph Britt, Marshal of the City of Columbus seeking a mandamus requiring the named defendants to approve the transfer of two designated retail liquor licenses from Carter to Teal. The mandamus nisi issued and, upon the hearing, the judge of the superior court passed an order making the rule…