Young v. Blaisdell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The first case was a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings of the Second District Court of Bristol, in revoking, under the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 7, a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors, granted to the petitioner by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Fall River.
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The first case was a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings of the Second District Court of Bristol, in revoking, under the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 7, a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors, granted to the petitioner by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Fall River. The second case was a petition for a writ of mandamus to the judge of said district court, to allow an appeal to the Superior Court from his order revoking the license granted to the petitioner, as set forth in the first case. The two cases were heard by Colburn, J., who dismissed each petition; and the…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The petitioner contends that § 7 of the Pub. Sts. e. 100, is unconstitutional. It has been held, too often to be now open to question, that our statutes regulating the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors are laws, in the nature of police regulations,necessary for the general benefit; and that, although they impose restrictions upon the use of property without giving the owner a right to a trial by jury, they are constitutional. Commonwealth v. Intoxicating Liquors, 115 Mass. 153, and cases cited; S. C. nom. Beer Co. v. Massachusetts, 97 U. S. 25. A license granted under this statute…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Beer Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Stone v. City of CharlestownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Commonwealth v. KinsleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- City of Charlestown v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Commonwealth v. Certain Intoxicating LiquorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Young v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Burgess v. Mayor of BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Konstantopoulos v. Town of WhatelyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Ashley v. Three Justices of the Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- City of Lowell v. ArchambaultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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