Legal Opinion

State ex rel. McClory v. Donovan

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1901PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Cavalier County; Fisk, J. . Action by the state, on the relation of P. J. McClory, as assistant attorney general, against E. I. Donovan. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtWallin, C. J.

This is an action in equity, and the relief sought by the plaintiff is the abatement of a liquor nuisance, as defined by § 7605, Rev. Codes, 1899. The trial court found the material facts to be true as stated in the complaint, but as a conclusion of law adjudged that the action should be dismissed and a judgment of dismissal was accordingly entered in the trial court. This judgment was entered upon the theory that the nuisance which was found by the court to exist as a fact was in a drug store, and was maintained by the defendant under the shield of a druggist’s permit, and, being so…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State ex rel. McClory v. DonovanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Woods v. WalshNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Morris v. LowrySupreme Court of Iowa · 1901

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. HarrisNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Commonwealth v. RuhCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
  3. Colter v. DillNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1923
  4. State ex rel. Heferon v. BlethNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Weigel v. Powers Elevator Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1924

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