Legal Opinion

Dexter v. Town Council of Cumberland

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided January 28, 1891PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Certiorari.

1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.

The petitioner represents that be is tbe owner of land within two hundred feet of the building for which the town council of Cumberland has granted a license to sell intoxicating liquors. He alleges that said license was granted without the license which is required by statute; and also that the owners of the greater part of the land within two hundred feet of said building filed their objections in writing to the granting of such license. We do not find from the record that this last averment is sustained. The question therefore arises, whether the petitioner is entitled to object to the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dyer v. LowellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1849
  2. Murray v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1863

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Enderlin State Bank v. RoseNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Hemmer v. BonsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  3. Crowell v. Circuit CourtSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1926
  4. BOARD OF POLICE COM'RS v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1957
  5. Carr v. Washington & Old Dominion RailwayCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1916

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