In re Lyman
New York Supreme Court
This application is made to revoke defendant’s license upon the ground that her application contained false statements in reference to the number of buildings used as dwellings within the prescribed distance of her saloon and that consents of a sufficient number of owners of dwellings Were not obtained: The defendant stated that there were three buildings used for dwellings within the distance named by the statute and filed the consents for two thereof.
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This application is made to revoke defendant’s license upon the ground that her application contained false statements in reference to the number of buildings used as dwellings within the prescribed distance of her saloon and that consents of a sufficient number of owners of dwellings Were not obtained: The defendant stated that there were three buildings used for dwellings within the distance named by the statute and filed the consents for two thereof. It is now claimed by the petitioner that there was a fourth building used as a dwelling which should have been counted in obtaining consents.…
1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.
The building which it is claimed by petitioner
should be counted as being used exclusively for a dwelling is and at the time of defendant’s application for a certificate was occupied by one Mrs. Pearl, who lived there with her nephew. It was a one-story brick house with a basement. The upper floor consisted of a front room occupied as a sitting-room with a bedroom and clothes-press off from the main room, and a kitchen with a bedroom off. The basement was entered either from the upper story or from the street, and was ordinarily used by her for the storage of fuel. There seems to have been…
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