NEECE v. CITY OF JOHNSON CITY


767 S.W.2d 638 (1989)

James NEECE, Appellant, v. The CITY OF JOHNSON CITY, Mayor Tom McKee, Commissioner Warren Vest, Commissioner James Roach, Commissioner Raymond Huff and Commissioner Shirley Chapman, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Carter, Johnson City, Tennessee, for appellant.

James H. Epps, III, City Atty., Johnson City, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal by Neece from an adverse judgment in the Law Court of Washington County, upholding the constitutionality of a Johnson City beer ordinance that denied the holders of county beer licenses, upon annexation, the right to transfer the license from one location to another — a right accorded to the twenty-one off-premises licensees within the city. We affirm.

Plaintiff operated a convenience style market...

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