Southern Express Co. v. State
Southern Express Co. v. State
Opinion of the Court
This ease came to the Court of Appeals and a decision was rendered therein. 23 Ga. App. 376 (98 S. E. 272). By writ of certiorari the ease was carried to the Supreme Court, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals was reversed; the Supreme Court holding as follows: “1. The act of 1917 (Acts Ex. Sess. 1917, p. 7), amending and supplementing the prohibition laws of this State, authorize a common carrier to transport and deliver to a practicing physician, who is the sole proprietor of a drug-store, pure alcohol for medicinaJ purposes, under certain conditions specified in the act, from one point within the State -to another point within the State of Georgia. 2. Under the facts of this case it was error to hold that the common carrier was guilty of a misdemeanor for transporting pure alcohol shipped by a wholesale druggist living at a point within this State to a
in view of these rulings of the Supreme Court, the clerk of this court is directed to enter an order vacating the original judgment affirming the judgment of the court below in this case; and the judgment of that court is Reversed.
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