Hopson's Appeal from County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the decision of the County Commissioners of New London County in granting a license to sell liquor to one Morrissey; taken to the Superior Court in New London County and tried by George W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered reversing the action of the County Commissioners and revoking the license granted, and appeal by Morrissey for alleged errors in the rulings of the judge.
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Appeal from the decision of the County Commissioners of New London County in granting a license to sell liquor to one Morrissey; taken to the Superior Court in New London County and tried by George W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered reversing the action of the County Commissioners and revoking the license granted, and appeal by Morrissey for alleged errors in the rulings of the judge. On the presentation of the evidence for the applicant his witnesses were inquired of as to their opinion upon the suitableness of the place; thereafter the remonstrant, Hopson, was examined as…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
In the preceding case of Smith's Appeal we held that a “ suitable person ” to receive a license to sell liquors under the provisions of § 3053 of the General Statutes, is a pei’son who is shown to the licensing authority to be suited or adapted to the orderly conduct of a business which the law regards as dangerous to public welfare unless conducted by a carefully selected person duly licensed, and *144that the fitness of the man to the legal requirement must of necessity in each case be determined, in view of the statutory regulations, by the licensing authority in the exercise of its best…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Beard's Appeal from County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- State v. Brennan's LiquorsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1856
- Batters v. DunningSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
3Cited by27 opinions
- State v. MoynahanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- State v. ClementeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- In Re County Com'rs of Counties Comprising Seventh Judicial Dist.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- Massameno v. Statewide Grievance CommitteeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Demond v. Liquor Control CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
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