Smith v. Mitchell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Petition by Homer Smith ancl others for mandamus to E. B. Mitchell, Clerk of the County Court of Mason County.
1Opinion of the Court
BkaNNON, Judge.
Until the enactment of chapter 85 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1911, the council of the town of Point Pleasant had sole and exclusive power to grant license to sell spirituous liquors, without regard to the county court of Mason county; but that act took away this council power by the provision that, “No license to sell at wholesale or retail spirituous liquors, wine, porter, ale, beer or drinks of like nature shall be granted *482by the council of said town. Such license shall only be granted by the county court in the manner prescribed by law.” Upon the claim that this act…
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