Monteiro v. Selectmen of Falmouth

. Ronan, J.

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari against the respondents, the local licensing authorities of Falmouth, alleging that the respondents, purporting to act under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 138, § 17, as appearing in St. 1933, c. 376, § 2, and as amended, on February 27, 1951, estimated that the temporary increased resident population of the town as of July 10, 1951, would be 30,000. The petition further alleges that the housing accommodations are not sufficient to care for such a temporary summer increase; that such an increase did not exceed 15,000; that the estimate of the…