Murphy v. Board of Commissioners

— The appellant applied to the board of commissioners of Monroe county for a license to sell intoxicating liquors. Charles Blake appeared before the commissioners, and, describing himself as a remonstrant, moved to dismiss the application, assigning, in support of his motion:

1st. That the application did not show that the applicant was an inhabitant of the ward in which the place where the liquor was to be sold was situated; and,

2d. That the application did not describe the precise location of the premises in which appellant proposed to retail liquor.

The board sustained this motion, and the…