Gubin v. City of New York

Plaintiff seeks the return of a license fee in the sum of fifteen dollars which she paid to the defendant for a temporary permit to sell bottled beer or light wines to be consumed on premises. Such permit was issued to plaintiff by the department of health on April 27, 1933, and contained the following provision: “ No fee paid hereunder will be refunded * * * if this temporary permit * * * is revoked for any cause whatsoever.”

Previously, to wit, on April 12, 1933, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law (Laws of 1933, chap. 180) became effective, section 130 of which reads as follows: “Local…