People ex rel. Einsfeld v. Murray
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the rel'ator, Fred Gr. Einsfeld, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the respondents, -entered in. the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 26th. day óf March, 1896, upon the decision of the- court rendered after' a trial at the Hew York Special Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office-on the 26tli" day of. March, 1896, dismissing a writ of, certiorari granted on the 24th day of, March, 1896. . ’ .
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
On the 23d of March, 1896, the relator made application to the respondents, commissioners of excise of the city of Hew York, for a license to sell wines and liquors at retail in certain designated premises in that city for a period of. one year. The commissioners rejected, the application and refused to grant the license on. the sole ground of the want of power, arising from the passage of an act of the Legislature, approved March..23, 18:96,. known as “The Liquor Tax Law,” under the provisions .of which they alleged they could-*187not grant the relator a license for a term expiring…
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