Meehan v. Board of Excise Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pitney, Chancellor.

The question at issue is the constitutionality of section 4 of the act commonly known as the "Bishops’ Law,” approved April 13th, 1906 (Pamph. L., p. 199), being a supplement to the act to regulate the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt and brewed liquors. The question was raised by a certiorari sued out of the Supreme Court to review a resolution adopted by the excise commissioners of Jersey City in pursuance of the section referred to. The resolution requires that "the interior of the bar or business room in which liquors and other…