Company-specific primary evidence that the manufacture ban was applied to Lem Motlow and Jack Daniel’s distillery after the effective date, even when the product was not intended for beverage sale within Tennessee.
The agreement added that the whiskey was not made for beverage sale within Tennessee. The trial conviction imposed a $250 fine and ninety days’ confinement; the Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed.
“Lem Motlow, on the 25th day of May, 1911, was the proprietor of the Jack Daniels distillery, located in Moore county, this State, and on that day manufactured 375 gallons of intoxicating liquors — that is to say, whisky 100 proof — for purposes of sale”
Final disposition at paragraph 283
Hosted opinion paragraph 122
Agreed statement of facts and final disposition
Checked against the complete hosted opinion on 2026-09-01. The transcript spells the brand “Jack Daniels” without an apostrophe; the excerpt preserves that wording.
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