OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEYGENEnrr
Honorable Bert Ford, kdmlnietrator
Texas Liquor Control Board
Austin, Texas
D8ar Sir: Oplniaa 80.
we quote an follawm
wea &wohibitad Ln the
*2.. 16 it neooaaat to allegs an4 prom tha
arlglnaleloot
ien w tm moot rqourt,
aleotion in ridoh absolute pm%UbltiOrp
was estabU.@ha&,en& to ohranalof&aaUjr
p r slr o ut o f a4bsoWUkt
th er 8a a lta l1 06-
‘ticmu$,awhioh the sale of bsar anLJ had
baaa lsgallnced, and that lage4~izfng the
sale of all alaohollc baveraWm hd
failed la a vota uptm the Ssmae aubaltted
to the people9
fioncuwbls
Bert PxY%, page 2
"3* would there bs surfioient evld%mu to
oyd that~the 861s of liquor1s uplawful
EI a ahtnrlng that et a givein time an slso-
.tlonbad bean ~suoaesnfully
carried to
prohibit the sale of all alcohollobev- '
oragse, and that oubeoqwntly no,elaotlori
had bean bald In this wxmty hevlng the
effeot ot la&elizlngthe aale of liquor?*
‘&bilews have not toun4 innyappellate CoupI deoiofon
In point u on the qIlertlom3gmQlnmds4, we ba+s giran 0are;fUl.
~onaUara J on to the mme, and we hate raaohed tha foll~~#ring[
axloluaMr t
HonorableRet Foxd, ps$e 3
wlth5.nthe co~urity.It ie OUP opinion that the legal .etatua
ot fob pr ocntuu (4%) beer was not altered bg the 1940
sladtlon;failure to legeli all liqUOrs did not
=%$%%d
prohibit the sale, etc..of the beer, nhics had beon
by the 1939 sleotion.
APFROVXD
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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion