Hollis v. Davis
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Hillsborough Circuit Court. Case. There was a demurrer to the declaration, and the questions arising thereon were transferred to this court by Rand, J. The declaration was as follows : “ In a plea of the case for that by chapter third of the Pamphlet Laws of this state,* passed June session of the legislature, A. D. 1870, being £ an act in amendment of chapter ninety-nine of the General Statutes, relating to the sale of spirituous liquors,5 it is, among other tilings,…
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From Hillsborough Circuit Court. Case. There was a demurrer to the declaration, and the questions arising thereon were transferred to this court by Rand, J. The declaration was as follows : “ In a plea of the case for that by chapter third of the Pamphlet Laws of this state,* passed June session of the legislature, A. D. 1870, being £ an act in amendment of chapter ninety-nine of the General Statutes, relating to the sale of spirituous liquors,5 it is, among other tilings, enacted, — in case of the disability of any person in consequence of intoxication from the use of liquor unlawfully…
1Opinion of the Court
FROM HILLSBOROUGH CIRCUIT COURT. The learned counsel for the defendant admits, in his argument, that the act of 1870, upon which this action is founded, might be construed to include a municipal corporation, if sound policy required it. It is claimed that the general policy of the law, in this state, in relation to the relief of the poor, is, that the burden shall be made to fall on town and county municipalities, where the burden of their support may be sustained without the risk of reducing others to pauperism; and that the courts in this state, ever since the early cases of Hillsborough v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hillsborough v. DeeringSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1827
- Bodge v. HughesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1873
3Cited by3 opinions
- Baker-Chaput v. CammettDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1976
- Plymouth v. HaverhillSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1898
- Baker-Chaput v. CammettDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1976