Hitchcock v. Foote

The plaintiffs have licenses to operate public dance halls in the town of Evans, granted, in the spring of 1930, by the town board, pursuant to section 222 of the Town Law (added by Laws of 1928, chap. 705, as amd. by Laws of 1930, chap. 161). *402Subsequently, the town board adopted an ordinance which, in terms, forbids Sunday dancing in halls so licensed pursuant to section 222. Thereafter, and in the summer of 1930, complaints were made to the town board by citizens of the town of Evans, asking the revocation of plaintiffs’ licenses. Hearings were held upon these complaints. At a meeting on…