People ex rel. Scanlon v. Walker
New York County Courts
Application for an order directing the county treasurer of Livingston county to issue a liquor tax certificate to the above named relator upon his application heretofore made therefor to said county treasurer. ®
1Opinion of the CourtCarter, J.
The application presented to the treasurer by the relator was correct in form and upon its face disclosed no reason why the applicant should be prohibited from trafficking in liquor; and the relator having presented a bond which met the approval of the treasurer and tendered the tax required by law, it at once became the duty of the treasurer to prepare and issue the proper liquor tax certificate. . Liquor Tax Law, § 19, as amd. by Laws of 1897, chap. 312.
It is urged, however, that, inasmuch as the relator had made the statement in his application that an unlimited consent to traffic in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Anderson v. HoagAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Born v. HopperNew York Supreme Court · 1905