Ryan v. Board of Selectmen

This litigation involves an appeal in two counts from the action of the defendant board of selectmen of the town of Woodstock in granting the defendant Charles Bertrand a certificate of approval of location for a motor vehicle junk yard under § 21-16 of the General Statutes and in granting him, under § 21-11, a license to engage in business as a dealer in junk in said town of Woodstock.

The plaintiffs, aggrieved by the doings of the defendant board, contend that the action of the defendant board was illegal, arbitrary and in abuse of the board's discretion in the following particulars: (a)…