Legal Opinion
Scudder v. Selectmen of Sandwich
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 24, 1941PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
By this petition for a writ of mandamus the petitioner seeks to compel the selectmen of Sandwich as the “local licensing authority” to grant him a license for the storage and sale of gasoline on premises adjoining the Cape Cod Canal. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 148, § 13, as last amended by St. 1939, c. 333.
The selectmen gave the petitioner a hearing as required by the statute and later notified him that they refused to grant the license. An auditor whose findings of fact were not to be final made a detailed report wherein he found that the reasons of the selectmen for refusing the license were that…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Liggett Drug Co. v. License CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Rea v. Board of AldermenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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- Johnson v. District Attorney for the Northern DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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