Hewitt's Appeal
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court in New Haven County, Thayer, J., confirming the action of the county commissioners of said county in granting a liquor license to one Patrick J. Fitzgerald.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The county commissioners are administrative officers. La Croix v. County Commissioners, 50 Conn. 321, 324. Granting licenses in pursuance of our statute regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors is an administrative act. State v. Wilcox, 42 Conn. 364, 371; Underwood v. County Commissioners, 67 id. 411, 416. The power to grant such licenses is vested in the county commissioners, and the license is given by a writing signed by themselves. General Statutes, § 2643. The formal license must issue in pursuance of a decision reached by all, or by a majority, after consultation between themselves.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- La Croix v. County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- State v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- Martin v. LemonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- Burns' AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Board of Cty. Comm. of Kay County v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Coles' AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Londry's AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
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