Thomas v. Saunders

Citations

• 56 Fla. 100

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Law — Regulation of Time of Opening and Closing Liquor Saloons.</p> <p>Under a statute granting to the city of Pensacola the power “to pass, for the government of the city, any ordinance not in conflict with the - constitution of the United States, the constitution of Florida, and statutes thereof,” the city council has the power to enact an ordinance providing: “That no saloon, barroom or other place where spirituous, vinous and malt liquors are sold, drank or handled, shall be open for the transaction of any business whatever, or shall any business of any kind be done in any such place, or shall anyone except the proprietor or his regular employees enter any such place at aqy time during the hours from nine o’clock p. m. to five o’clock a. m. or at any time on Sunday.” .</p>