People ex rel. Hopkins v. Board of Commissioners of Excise
New York County Courts
Separate applications for certiorari by Thomas Hopkins, Charles Palmer, John Kinney, Frederick W. Dexheimer, James A. Reynolds, George H. Danforth, and Samuel Trebilcox to review refusal of the board of commissioners of excise of the town of Claverack to grant licenses to relators to sell intoxicating liquors.
1Opinion of the CourtCady, J.
The questions presented in these several cases arise upon the return to a writ of certiorari issued in each upon the application of the relators, and addressed to the board of commissioners of excise of the town of Claverack. The writs were allowed under the provisions of chapter 481 of the Laws of 1893,1 which amends paragraph 24 of chapter 401 of the Laws of 1892. They were argued as one case, and the facts in each are the same. The return to the writ is signed by Thomas Wilson and Charles 3ST. Harder, who described themselves as “a majority of the board of excise of the town of Claverack,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Decker v. WatersNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- People ex rel. Jones v. PennettNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Martin v. SymondsNew York Supreme Court · 1893