Inhabitants of Dexter v. Blackden
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Agreed Statement. The first of the above named actions was brought in the name of the “Inhabitants of Dexter who prosecute this action by Carrie H. Foster of said Dexter, a citizen of said State of Maine.”
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Agreed Statement. The first of the above named actions was brought in the name of the “Inhabitants of Dexter who prosecute this action by Carrie H. Foster of said Dexter, a citizen of said State of Maine.” The defendant on the first day of the return term filed the following plea in abatement: (omitting formal parts.) And now the said Owen É. Blackden comes and defends, etc., when, etc., and prays judgment of the writ aforesaid, because he says that the Inhabitants of the town of Dexter never authorized this action to be brought; and this he is ready to verify; wherefore he prays judgment of…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
These cases, in all respects alike, present by agreement of parties the single question whether certain clauses of the liquor-statutes, taken singly or combined, are, so far as applicable to the facts stated, constitutional or not.
Section 2 chapter 27, R. S., provides that no person shall receive a license as an innholder or victualler until he has given bond with one or more sureties with the condition annexed that the licensee shall conform to the provisions of law relating to the business for which he is licensed.....“ and shall not violate any law of the state in relation to intoxicating…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Smith v. LookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Day v. FrankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Nutter v. Framingham & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
3Cited by3 opinions
- Kovack v. Licensing Board, City of WatervilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1961
- Watson v. State of Commissioner of BankingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- Gilbert v. SaulDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2020