CITY OF NEW ALBANY v. BENYA, ET AL.

No. 40190.

228 Miss. 419 (1956)

87 So.2d 889

CITY OF NEW ALBANY v. BENYA, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh N. Clayton, New Albany, for appellant.

Smallwood, Darden & Sumners, New Albany, for appellees.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This case involves the validity of a municipal ordinance prohibiting Sunday picture shows, and if invalid, the question of whether a writ of prohibition lies against a municipality to prohibit further prosecutions of the manager of the theater under such void ordinance.

I.

On October 17, 1955, appellees, Flexer Theaters of Miss., Inc., and Andy Benya, filed in the Circuit Court of Union County...

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