Higgins v. Mills

(after stating the facts as above). The defendant’s action was taken on the ground that the plaintiff had “not in good faith conformed to the provisions” of the Prohibition Act. In part it depended upon the finding that the certificates were known to be false and were used to secure the permits. If the defendant had no power to demand any certificates whatever and the plaintiff had the unconditional right under his original permit, form* 1465, to get all the alcohol which he needed, there might indeed be good reason to say that, however unfitted in general he might have shown hiinself to be a…