Legal Opinion
In re Brady
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 14, 1907PublishedCited by 2 opinions
i Petition to revoke a liquor tax certificate issued to Joseph H. Brady. Granted.
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
There can be no question but that the saloon of Joseph H. Brady is within a half mile of the lands of the Long Island State Hospital at Kings Park. Subdivision 1 of section 24 of the liquor tax law (chapter 112, p. 66, Laws 1896, as amended) provides that traffic in liquor shall not be permitted within half a mile of any building, premises, or lands occupied as a state hospital. I do not see how the words “building, premises, or lands” can be confined to the grounds upon which the buildings stand, but must include such contiguous property and premises as are used by and belong to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crowley v. ChristensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- In re CullinanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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