Hall v. Steele
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. On the 23d March, 1887, the appellant in this case made application by petition to Hon. John A. Steele, the judge of probate of said county, fpr a license to retail spirituous liquors in the town of Leighton; tendering the money prescribed as the price, and producing the recommendation of the requisite number of householders and freeholders.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. On the 23d March, 1887, the appellant in this case made application by petition to Hon. John A. Steele, the judge of probate of said county, fpr a license to retail spirituous liquors in the town of Leighton; tendering the money prescribed as the price, and producing the recommendation of the requisite number of householders and freeholders. On the next day, March 24th, the probate judge refused to grant a license as prayed, and dismissed the petition, basing his refusal on “ the recent act of the General Assembly…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The judge of probate based his refusal to issue to the appellant a license to sell vinous or spirituous liquors in the town of Leighton, on an act passed during the last session of the General Assembly, “to prohibit the sale, giving away, or disposing of any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters, beverages or drinks, or fruits preserved in alcohol or alcoholic liquors,” in a number of enumerated localities in different parts of the State, the town of Leighton being one of them. The act was originally introduced as a bill “to prohibit the sale or giving away of…
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