Legal Opinion
Woodbury v. Municipal Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 5, 1945PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the revocation of a license granted to the petitioner by the municipal council of Gloucester to construct and maintain a fish trap “at Cod Rock off Lanesville Shore.” A similar licefise to maintain this trap had been granted in 1937 to one Elbridge Woodbury for the term of five years, but the petitioner, having acquired this trap from Elbridge Woodbury, returned the license which had been issued to Elbridge Woodbury, and that license was later mailed to him by the city clerk who also enclosed a form for an application for a new license. The…
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