Lanford v. Alfriend

1. A municipal ordinance punishing an act made penal by a State law in existence or subsequently enacted, covering the same subject-matter, must yield to the State law. Mayo v. Williams, 146 Ga. 650 (92 S. E. 59) ; Snipe v. Dixon, 147 6a. 285 (93 S. E. 399).

2. An ordinance of the City of Atlanta declares that it shall be unlawful for any person within that city to have and carry about on his or her person, or in any vehicle or carriage in his or her control,*any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors whatsoever, for the purpose of unlawful sale or barter; and that any person so doing shall be…