State Ex Rel. Spiros v. Payne

The liquor control commission required that applications for permits to sell alcoholic liquors shall contain a certification by the proper municipal authority that such sales are not prohibited by the city ordinances or by-laws at the location for which the permit is sought. See State ex rel. Chatlos v. Rowland,131 Conn. 261, 262, 38 A.2d 785. The plaintiff presented to the defendant, who as city clerk was the official upon whom the duty to certify rested, an application for a restaurant permit for premises on West Main Street in Meriden. General Statutes, Cum. Sup. 1939, 959e, provides that…