Ferris v. Board of Selectmen

Final decree reversed. A new final decree is to be entered declaring that the defendant board of selectmen is not required to issue an alcoholic beverage license to the plaintiff. This is a bill in equity for a declaratory decree. G. L. c. 231A. The plaintiff, the owner of a restaurant in Horwell, is the holder of a common victualler’s license. The defendants are the board of selectmen and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission established under G. L. c. 6, § 43 (as amended through St. 1950, c. 785). The bill alleges that there is a controversy whether the defendant board of selectmen…