Board of Trustees v. Watson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 72 — PETITION APPEAL FROM PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Act of Jan., 1867, to amend several acts incorporating town of Falmouth. Session Acts, 1867, vol. 1, pp. 211, 217, see. 7. CITED— 15 B. Mon., 498, 499; Southgate vs. City of Covington.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE IIARDTN
delivered the opinion of the court:
The appellee applied to and obtained from the board of trustees of Ihe town of Falmouth a license to keep a tavern, with the privilege of vending ardent spirits by the drink, within one mile of the corporate limits of said town; and for the privileges thus obtained be executed his promissory note, payable to the treasurer of said board, for one hundred dollars, which was the foundation of this action.
*661The defense relied on was, that the note was without consideration, the trustees of the town having no power to grant the license stipulated for in…
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