Union & Mechanics Club v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. April 25, 1911. On January 19, 1911, the following ordinance was adopted by the mayor and general council of the City of Atlanta: ’“Sec. 2. That any firm, person, or corporation desiring to operate, maintain, and to have or open up any club wherein lockers axe provided for the use of members, fees charged either for membership or for use of lockers or for other purposes, having a club-house, clubroom,…
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. April 25, 1911. On January 19, 1911, the following ordinance was adopted by the mayor and general council of the City of Atlanta: ’“Sec. 2. That any firm, person, or corporation desiring to operate, maintain, and to have or open up any club wherein lockers axe provided for the use of members, fees charged either for membership or for use of lockers or for other purposes, having a club-house, clubroom, parlors, or other general places of meeting, shall file a petition with the mayor and general council, asking for license…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
The general prohibition act not only makes it a misdemeanor to sell and barter, either directly or indirectly, intoxicating liquors, but also makes it a misdemeanor for a person to keep such liquors at any public place or at his place of business. Penal Code (1910), § 426. The tax ,act of 1909 imposed a specific tax of $500 “upon every social or fraternal club, corporation, association, or organization of any kind of persons who shall keep or permit to be kept in any room or place (or any place connected therewith directly or indirectly) in which the…
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- Karwisch v. Mayor of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
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