Connecticut Breweries Co. v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the amount of two promissory notes, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Roraback, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff upon the first count for $1,882 damages, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover the amount of two promissory notes, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Roraback, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff upon the first count for $1,882 damages, and appeal by the defendant. The first count of the complaint alleged that on May 4th, 1905, the defendant, by his note, promised to pay to the order of the plaintiff $1,606.59, on demand, with interest at 5%, for value received, and that the plaintiff still owned said note and it had not been paid. The defendant’s answer denied the allegations of the complaint, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
Section 2727 of the General Statutes provides that “ all contracts, . . . any part of the consideration of which has been the illegal sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, shall be void.” This section is a part of Title Sixteen, entitled “ Intoxicating Liquors.” Title Sixteen provides that each town shall determine by legal vote in town meeting whether or not any person shall be licensed to sell liquors in that town (§ 2638); that any license granted in a town which has voted that no person shall be licensed shall be void (§ 2641) ; that the county commissioners may license, by a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Funk v. GallivanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
- Quinnipiac Brewing Co. v. HackbarthSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Enterprise Brewing Co. v. GrimeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
3Cited by13 opinions
- Schieffelin & Co. v. Department of Liquor ControlSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Gouge v. DavidOregon Supreme Court · 1948
- Sagal v. FylarSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Dibiase v. GarnseySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Vaszauskas v. VaszauskasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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