Alexander v. Philpot
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace; Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, denying appellants’ petition for a mandamus.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace; Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, denying appellants’ petition for a mandamus. The facts as disclosed by the pleadings and the agreed statement of facts in the record are substantially as follows: In January, 1914, H. B. Fienberg and divers other persons filed in the county court of Jefferson County their several .applications for license to sell intoxicating liquors in the city of Pine Bluff. Some days thereafter they filed with the county court a petition purporting to…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). The record does not show that any one of the remonstrants prayed for an appeal to the circuit court, but, even if it had so-shown, the remonstrants were not aggrieved by the ruling of the -court in allowing the petition to be withdrawn. The remonstrants to the petition were, in effect, asking that the court make no order allowing licenses to sell intoxicating liquors to be issued. When the petitioners were permitted to withdraw their petition, they were no longer asking for licenses, or that such petition be granted, and therefore no order on s-uch petition…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bordwell v. DillsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1902
- Wilmans v. BordwellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Phillips v. GoeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- Clark v. DanielSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
3Cited by1 opinion
- Argenta Retail Liquor-Dealers' Ass'n v. McClureSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914