Mississippi Supreme Court April 21, 1947, No. 36442. (Fanning v. Town of Hickory)

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L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant conducted a filling station, general merchandise store and restaurant, and in connection with the latter was licensed to, and did, sell beer, within the corporate limits of Hickory, Mississippi, and was so engaged when the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Hickory, on September 4, 1945, passed a municipal zoning ordinance under