Hurley v. City of Corinth
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. John H. Mitoiiell, Judge. Hurley, and others, appellants, were plaintiffs in the court below; the city of Corinth, appellee, was defendant there. From, a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiffs appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. John H. Mitoiiell, Judge. Hurley, and others, appellants, were plaintiffs in the court below; the city of Corinth, appellee, was defendant there. From, a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiffs appealed to the supreme court. The facts as stated by Anderson, J., were as-follows: “The appellant Hurley was convicted for a violation of an ordinance of the city of Corinth prohibiting the storage for sale-of intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of the city. The ordinance in question provides that every twenty-four hours-the liquors so…
1Opinion of the Court
Anderson, T.,
after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
Conceding that the ordinance in question, so far as it attempts to prohibit the storage of intoxicating liquors within the municipal limits of the city of Corinth for sale without the state, is void (which we do not decide), there is left an ordinance prohibiting such storage for sale within the state, which is separable -from such objectionable clause and may stand alone. One *407is not dependent on the other. -There is a complete and consistent ordinance, susceptible of being enforced, without the objectionable…
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