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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

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    FOSTER ET AL. v CITY OF GREENVILLE ET AL.
    
    (128 S. E., 39)
    Before C. J. Ramage, Special Judge, Greenville, January, 1923.
    Affirmed.
    Action by G. L. Foster and others against City of Green-ville, and City Council of Greenville. Judgment for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.
    
      Messrs. Bonham, Price and Poag and Dean, Cothran & Wyche, for appellants,
    cite: Citations of Messrs. Nichols & Wyche in Clegg v. City of Spartanburg, 128 S. E., 26.
    
      Messrs. Haynsworth & Haynsmorth, for respondents,
    cite: Pool and billiard rooms may be prohibited: 225 U. S., 623; 56 L. Ed., 1229; 41 E. R. A. (N. S.), 153; 108 S. C„ 98; 93 S. E., 397. Previous city license ineffective against ordinance: 225 U. S., 623; 56 L. Ed., 1229; 41 R. R. A. (N. S.), 153; 123 U. S., 623; 97 U. S., 659; 92S. C., 374. Pool and billiard rooms inside municipalities not licensed by State: Civil Code, 1912, Sec. 3431; Criminal Code, 1912, Sec. 318 and 319. Authority of municipalities to prohibit pool rooms not excluded by implication: Civil Code, 1912, Sec. 3430 ; 3431 and 3432.
    January 14, 1925.
   The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

■ This case involves the identical question disposed of in W. F. Clegg and R. T. Thomason v. City of Spartanburg, 128 S. E., 36, and was heard with and is ruled by that case. • Eor the reasons stated in the opinion filed in that case, the judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.

Mr. Chiee Justice Gary and Messrs. Justices Watts, Fraser and Cothran concur.