Cordano's Appeal
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by a taxpayer of the town of Winchester from the action of the County Commissioners of Litchfield County in granting the transfer of a liquor license to one James H. Davis, taken to and reserved by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Bennett, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court.
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Appeal by a taxpayer of the town of Winchester from the action of the County Commissioners of Litchfield County in granting the transfer of a liquor license to one James H. Davis, taken to and reserved by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Bennett, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court. In 1915 .the county commissioners of Litchfield County granted to T. J. Sullivan a license to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors at 215 Main Street, in Winsted, expiring October 31st, 1916. In June, 1916, this license was sold on execution against Sullivan. The Yale…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The stipulation of counsel upon which this reservation was made limits the questions, whose answers should determine the judgment to be rendered by the Superior Court under our advice, in substance, to two, as follows: (1) Was the county commissioners’ action in granting Davis’ application for a transfer to him of Sullivan’s license, in violation of the provisions of the statute touching licenses for places located within two hundred feet of a church; and (2) was Davis’ application a fraudulent one?
Any question that might have been made in the Superior Court, that the county commissioners…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Quinnipiac Brewing Co. v. HackbarthSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Sayers' Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
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