State ex rel. Bonner v. Andrews
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and Toy certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. —Johs Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Chiee Justice Neil
delivered the opinion of the Court.
When the present bill was filed in the chancery court of Davidson county, the situation was this: The prohibition law applicable to Davidson and other large counties had gone into effect, but notwithstanding this fact tipplers continued to sell intoxicating liquors. They had no license and could procure none. Our statutes imposed a tax on persons exercising privileges just as if they had license; the privilege tax bing fixed at certain sums. This court in a published opinion had held that the latter tax was valid. Diamond v. State, 123…
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