Cheney v. Coughlin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity under R. L. c. 101, § 8, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Middlesex July 15, 1908, by ten legal voters of the town of Maynard, seeking to restrain the use of certain described premises for the alleged illegal keeping and sale of intoxicating liquors. The defendants were Bartholomew J. Coughlin, the owner of the premises, and Harry A. Clark, the occupant of them, whose application for licenses the selectmen had granted, as stated in the opinion.
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Bill in equity under R. L. c. 101, § 8, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Middlesex July 15, 1908, by ten legal voters of the town of Maynard, seeking to restrain the use of certain described premises for the alleged illegal keeping and sale of intoxicating liquors. The defendants were Bartholomew J. Coughlin, the owner of the premises, and Harry A. Clark, the occupant of them, whose application for licenses the selectmen had granted, as stated in the opinion. The case was heard before Wait, J., who found the facts to be as stated in the opinion. His rulings in substance were as…
1Opinion of the CourtRuGG, J.
This is a bill in equity brought under R. L. c. 101, § 8, by ten legal voters of the town of Maynard, averring that a certain building in said town was used for the illegal beeping and selling of intoxicating liquors, and praying for its abatement as a common nuisance. There was a hearing in the Superior Court, and the presiding judge found that the defendant Clark on March 25, 1908, made an application to the selectmen of the town of Maynard for a license as an innholder and for first and fourth class liquor licenses. This application described the premises as a “ building to be erected on…
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