United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Little

There is no contention that Howe's act of giving the liquor to the little girls was not an offence which justified the commissioners in revoking the license and claiming a forfeiture of the bond, if Howe at that time had been carrying on the business under his license. But it is urged that previous to his alleged of-fence Howe had disposed of the business he was licensed to carry on at 365 Elm street, by a common-law assignment of it to Bod-well, together with the license issued to him by the board of license commissioners, and that thereupon he ceased to be a licensee and the bond became…