State v. Fitzgerald

This is an action of debt to recover the penalty of a bond alleged by the State to have been given in accordance with the provisions of Public Laws 1937, Chap. 237, Sec. 4. The case is before us on an exception to a ruling of the presiding justice, who, sitting without a jury, ordered judgment for the plaintiff.

The section of the statute involved reads as follows:

“Bond for hotels, clubs, and restaurants. No license shall be granted to a hotel, club, or restaurant until the applicant therefor has filed with the liquor commission a surety bond payable to the State of Maine in the penal *316sum of…