Countz v. State

Citations

• 41 Tex. 50

Syllabus

<p>Retailing spirituous liquor, statute concerning.—The acts of 1856 and 1866, both of which prescribed a penalty for retailing spirituous liquors in quantities less than a quart without, having obtained a license therefor, were, as to such penalties, supplanted by the act of December 1,1871, which prescribed a different penalty for those, subject to the payment of an occupation tax, who failed to pay the same, and by the tax law of 1873, which made the receipt of the sheriff and county treasurer full authority to carry on the business.</p>