Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Healey v. Forbes

New York Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1889PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Certiorari to review the proceedings of the board of excise of Canton, St. Lawrence county.

1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.

We think that the resolution revoking the relator’s license, although it was not delivered to her, was such an act of the board that she has the right to review it. By the vote of the board, on motion of Mr. Forbes, it appears that the license was revoked because she suffered gambling in the house, “as we understand the law.” The question, then, is fairly presented whether on the evidence she did suffer gambling in the house. The evidence, in brief, is that she kept a billiard table in the house, on which persons played upon the terms that the loser should pay for the use of the table. The…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. SergeantNew York Supreme Court · 1828
  2. Hitchins v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1868

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. SandersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  2. Hopkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. People ex rel. Shane v. GittensNew York Supreme Court · 1912
  4. People ex rel. Silkens v. McGlynNew York Supreme Court · 1891

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