Stoumen v. Reilly

The State Board of Equalization suspended, for an indefinite period, plaintiff’s general on-sale license to sell alcoholic beverages at the Black Cat Restaurant, and this appeal is taken from a judgment denying a writ of mandate to compel the board to annul its order and reinstate the license.

The accusation filed against plaintiff was in two counts and alleged violations of sections 58 and 61(a) of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. * (2 Deering’s Gen. Laws, 1944, Act 3796.) Count one charged that plaintiff permitted his premises to be used as a disorderly house for purposes injurious to…