Legal Opinion

Woolley v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1857PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEAL from the Union Court of Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtStuart, J.

Information for common nuisance. Woolley was a licensed retailer of liquor under the act of March, 1853. The suit was commenced in August, 1854, and is therefore saved by the express provisions of the act of 1855. Laws of 1855, p. 222. — Coleman v. Dobbins, at the present term (1). — 6 Ind. R. 444.

The information is based on the ninth section of that act, declaring, as at common law, that places for the retail of spirituous liquors, if kept in a disoi’derly manner are to^ be deemed common nuisances. Acts of 1853, p. 88. Woolley is charged with keeping a disorderly establishment, and…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Abrams v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1846
  2. Peyton v. BowellIndiana Supreme Court · 1823
  3. Miller v. GormanIndiana Supreme Court · 1839

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Palmer v. WrightIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Smathers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Newman ex rel. Newman v. Oregon Short Line RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Barlow v. ThompsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1874

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