Craig v. Renaker

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

The principal question on this appeal is whether the statute requiring a license fee of druggists for selling spirituous and vinous liquors has been repealed by the prohibition acts of 1920 and 1922.

The question arises in the following way: Renaker, a druggist, who had complied with all the provisions of law necessary to enable him to sell whiskey for medicinal purposes, and had obtained a permit to do so, was required by the state authorities to obtain a license for which he paid the necessary fee for two years. Proceeding under section .162,…