Legal Opinion

Ward v. Selectmen of Scituate

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 28, 1956PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.

When this petition for a writ of mandamus was previously before us, we held that the petitioner’s appeal from a judgment for the respondent board had been improperly dismissed, and that the petitioner had taken a seasonable appeal pursuant to G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 213, § ID, inserted by St. 1943, c. 374, § 4. Ward v. Selectmen of Scituate, 333 Mass. 108. The appeal is now here.

The petition prays that an order issue directing the licensing authority of the town of Scituate to accept the petitioner’s application for a liquor license. The judge on May 26, 1954, filed findings of facts. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jantzen v. School Committee of ChelmsfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
  2. Piona v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  3. Selectmen of Lakeville v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
  4. Wilson v. QuinnNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  5. Wilson v. QuinnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Board of Selectmen v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
  2. Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass'n v. State Racing CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
  3. Zelman v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
  4. Augusta Grille, Inc. v. Town of NatickMassachusetts Superior Court · 1999

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