Hinkle v. Montgomery

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

The Beer Board of Minor Hill, Tennessee, has appealed from the decision of the Chancellor which reversed the decision of that board and ordered that a permit to sell packaged beer be issued to the appellee. We affirm the decree of the Chancellor.

The plaintiff-appellee, who operates a grocery store and service station at the intersection of Highway 11 and Puncheon Road in the town of Minor Hill, applied for a permit to sell beer in the package at his grocery store and service station. Although he met all of the requirements of the law for the issuance of a permit,…