Whitten v. Mayor of Covington
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional law. Municipal Corporation. Before Judge Green. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1871. "Whitten had been for years a retailer of liquor in Covington, a city whose Mayor and Council had, hy law, power to grant licenses for that business in its limits. He had paid all taxes and fees required of him. His license expired and he applied for its renewal.
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Constitutional law. Municipal Corporation. Before Judge Green. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1871. "Whitten had been for years a retailer of liquor in Covington, a city whose Mayor and Council had, hy law, power to grant licenses for that business in its limits. He had paid all taxes and fees required of him. His license expired and he applied for its renewal. An ordinance of the city required such applicants, before receiving such license, to “produce the written recommendation of four of his nearest neighbors, each signature to represent a separate and distinct establishment.” Whitten…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Judge.
This was a mandamus by the petitioner calling on the Mayor and Council of the city of Covington, to show cause why a license should not be granted to him to retail spirituous liquors within the limits of said city. The city authorities showed for cause why said license should not be granted, that the peittioner had failed to comply with that part of the city ordinance in relation to the issuing of license to retail spirituous liquors in said city, which is as follows: “ He shall, before receiving such license, produce the written recommendation of four of his nearest neighbors,…
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