Welch v. Claiborne County Beer Board

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellants applied for a permit for the sale of beer for off-premises consumption. Their application was denied solely upon the ground that the site leased by them was within three hundred feet of a private residence and that the owner of the residence objected to the issuance of the permit. Appellants met all other requirements for the issuance of the permit, and it would have been granted to them except for the fact that their store was within the prescribed distance from the residence.

The Chancellor upheld the action of the Beer Board, and we affirm.

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