Jones v. Commissioners of Moore County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an Application for a mandamus to compel the Commissioners of Moore County to issue to the plaintiffs license to sell spiritous liquors in the town of Sanford, in said county, by the measure less than a quart, heard before Bynum, /., at the Spring Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of Moore County, upon the following facts, which were agreed upon by the parties, to-wit: 1. That the town of Sanford has been duly incorporated by the General Assembly of North Carolina.
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This was an Application for a mandamus to compel the Commissioners of Moore County to issue to the plaintiffs license to sell spiritous liquors in the town of Sanford, in said county, by the measure less than a quart, heard before Bynum, /., at the Spring Term, 1890, of the Superior Court of Moore County, upon the following facts, which were agreed upon by the parties, to-wit: 1. That the town of Sanford has been duly incorporated by the General Assembly of North Carolina. (Acts 1873-74, chapter 76.) 2. That it has a Mayor, Board of Commissioners, Constable, and police force. 3. That it has…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
Chapter 362, Acts 1889, prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors within two miles of Sanford M. E. Church, in Moore County. The case on appeal states that at the date of the ratification of the act there was a “ building intended for and known as the Sanford M. E. Church, although it was not completed, and was in process of erection. Services have since been held in said church, and it is now recognized and known as the Sanford M. E. Church.”
The words “ Sanford M. E. Church ” are descriptive of the point from which the two-mile radius is to be measured, and the validity or…
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- State v. . MidgettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- State v. . PattersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887