Marenna's Appeal
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a decision of the county commissioners of New Haven County authorizing the transfer of a wholesale liquor license from one locality to another in the city of New Haven, taken by a remonstrating taxpayer to, and tried by, the Superior Court in New Haven County, Williams, J.; facts found and judgment rendered reversing the decision of the county commissioners, and appeal by Joseph Quint, the applicant for the transfer. No error.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
By § 2643 of the General Statutes, the county commissioners are authorized to license suitable persons to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors at suitable places. The application for a removal permit by a licensed person under § 2669 of the statutes is to be treated as an application for a new license at the place to which the business is to be removed. Bormann’s Appeal, 81 Conn. 458, 461, 71 Atl. 502. A locality where there already exists a sufficient number of licensed places is an unsuitable locality for the licensing of other places. D’Amato’s Appeal, 80 Conn. 357, 362, 68 Atl. 445.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bormann's Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- D'Amato's Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
3Cited by3 opinions
- Sayers' Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Penyak v. Liquor Control CommissionPennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · 1949
- Penyak v. Liquor Control CommissionConnecticut Superior Court · 1949