French v. Noel
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is a case of prohibition. In October 1870, 'William. L. French applied to the County court of Montgomery for a certificate for obtaining a license to retail ardent spirits at an eating house, then kept by him, in Christiansburg, in said county. The application was resisted in said court by Jesse A. Noel, whose only interest in the matter was, that he was then the keeper of a hotel in said town. The County court granted a certificate accordingly.
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This is a case of prohibition. In October 1870, 'William. L. French applied to the County court of Montgomery for a certificate for obtaining a license to retail ardent spirits at an eating house, then kept by him, in Christiansburg, in said county. The application was resisted in said court by Jesse A. Noel, whose only interest in the matter was, that he was then the keeper of a hotel in said town. The County court granted a certificate accordingly. The said Noel then applied to A. Mahood, judge of the Circuit court of said county, for a writ of supersedeas to the said order of the County…
1Opinion of the Court
Moncure, P.
delivered the opinion of the court:
The court is of opinion that under the act of the Gen*456eral Assembly, approved June 29, 1870, Session 1869-’70, chap. 174, sections 3 and 27, pp. 229 and 239, the County court of Montgomery county, on the 3d day of October 1870, on the motion of the plaintiff, "William L. French, had a discretion to grant or refuse to him a certificate for obtaining a license to retail ardent spirits at his eatiug house, in Christiausburg, in the said co unty, in addition to his license to keep an eatiug house; and the said court having accordingly, on that day, on…
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