Claffey v. Bergin

The plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court from the refusal of the liquor control commission to grant to him a restaurant permit for the sale of liquor. The case was referred to a state referee who reported the facts found by him to the court. The case was then reserved for this court. The Liquor Control Act provides for, and designates the kind of liquor which may be sold under, a “restaurant permit” and it defines a restaurant as meaning: “Space, in a suitable and permanent building, kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly…