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WATKINS v. NAIFEH

635 S.W.2d 104 (1982)

Ralph E. WATKINS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Finde NAIFEH, Mayor the City of Mason, Wayne Hamby, Clarence Malone, G.T. Stegall, W.M. Williamson, Jr., and Lee Clark, Jr., Board of Aldermen of the City of Mason, Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Wilder, III, Somerville, for respondents-appellants.

Keith V. Moore, Memphis, for petitioner-appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The issues in this case concern the validity of an ordinance passed by the City of Mason which required that establishments which sold beer be a certain distance (200 feet) from churches and schools; that the distance be measured from closest property lines; and that existing licensed locations be exempt from the coverage of the ordinance. The trial court held that requiring distance to be measured between property lines rather...

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