State v. Collins
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appear in chancery. Heard at the June Term, 1901, Bennington County, upon the report of a master, Rowell, Chancellor, presiding. Perpetual injunction granted against all the defendants according to the prayer of the bill which was in common form for abating and enjoining a liquor nuisance. The defendants Collins and Putnam appealed. The petition should have been dismissed as against the defendant Putnam.
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Appear in chancery. Heard at the June Term, 1901, Bennington County, upon the report of a master, Rowell, Chancellor, presiding. Perpetual injunction granted against all the defendants according to the prayer of the bill which was in common form for abating and enjoining a liquor nuisance. The defendants Collins and Putnam appealed. The petition should have been dismissed as against the defendant Putnam. It alleges that intoxicating liquor was and is' kept with his knowledge or consent. The report finds that this is untrue. It cannot aid the complainant that Putnam’s agent had reason to…
1Opinion of the CourtStafford, J.
The Putnam House, a hotel in the village of Bennington, is owned by Henry W. Putnam, a resident of California, whose interests in the premises are in charge of an agent residing in Bennington. The premises are under lease to Collins, who- has occupied them as an inn, except two rooms which have been occupied by Ewens, a tenant under him, for the unlawful sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquor. The unlawful use was known to' Collins. It was not known to Putnam himself, nor to his agent; but his agent had reason to suppose, and did in fact suspect and suppose, that such was the case.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Vermont · 1898
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