RULE v. TOWN OF ETOWAH


263 S.W.2d 498 (1953)

RULE et al. v. TOWN OF ETOWAH et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. B. Gullett, Nashville for appellants.

Williams & Williams and Charles C. Guinn, Etowah, for appellees.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

The Town of Etowah adopted an ordinance forbidding the sale of beer in the town at any point within 5,000 feet of a church or school. Its effect is to prohibit the sale of beer within the corporate limits of Etowah, as those limits are at present established. Appellants filed their bill in Chancery for the purpose of procuring a decree declaring the ordinance unconstitutional. From the decree of the Chancellor sustaining a demurrer and dismissing...

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