Savage v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 84 Va. 619
• 5 S.E. 565
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 117

Syllabus

<p>1. Intoxicating Liquors—Local option—Constitution.—Chapter 248, Acts 1885-86, p. 258, does not delegate a portion of the legislative power vested by the constitution in the general assembly, but merely leaves it to the popular vote to determine whether or not license shall be granted, and is not. unconstitutional.</p> <p>2. Idem—Quiere.—Whether a statute that prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors—property in existence wherein the owner has vested rights at the time of its passage—is repugnant to the United States Constitution, is not decided in this case.</p> <p>3. Idem—Case at Bar.—Here, the evidence held insufficient to show that the liquor sold was intoxicating, or that it was sold by the defendant to the person named in the indictment as the purchaser thereof.</p>