Dubois v. Board of Selectmen

The plaintiffs’ amended bill in equity purports to be brought under G. L. c. 139, § 16A, as amended through St. 1934, c. 328, § 12. It seeks to abate as a common nuisance the sale of alcoholic beverages by a package store in the town of Dartmouth, to set *675aside the transfer of a license to those premises, and to revoke the license. The plaintiffs, sixteen in number, are alleged to be voters of the town of Dartmouth; some are also alleged to be abutters or close neighbors of the package store premises. The defendants are (1) the members of the town’s board of selectmen acting as its licensing…