People ex rel. Hill v. United Surety Co. of Baltimore
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of - Albany on the- 10th day of April,. 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered. • after a trial at the Albany Special Term, sustaining the defendants’ demurrers'to the complaint.
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Appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of - Albany on the- 10th day of April,. 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered. • after a trial at the Albany Special Term, sustaining the defendants’ demurrers'to the complaint. Under subdivision 2 of section 28' of the Liquor Tax Law’(Laws • of -1896, chap: 1.12, as amd. by Laws of 1905,. chap. 680*on the petition of Miles Tompkins,'a taxpayer, the liquor tax certifícate of Martha E. Mulberry was invoked. Said statute provides for such a…
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.. The bond in question is the ordinary bond given by the holders ■of liquor tax certificates Under section 18-of the Liquor Tax Law. (Laws of 1896, chap., 112, as amd. by Laws of 1903, chap..486). That section provides for. “ a bond to the People of the State of New York in the penal sum of the amount plus oue-lialf of the-tax for one year upon the kind of traffic in liquor to. be carried on by *657such applicant, where carried on, but in no case for less than five hundred dollars, conditioned that if the tax certificate applied for is given, the applicant or .applicants will not,…
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