Ely v. Campbell

—The principal matter to be decided upon „ this motion, which is one for the continuance of an injunction, is as to the right of the superintendent of markets to grant permits or licenses to persons to construct and maintain stands and booths upon the sidewalks of the streets adjacent to Washington market.

The papers before me show that several such stands occupy considerable portions of the sidewalk on the south side of Vesey street, both above and below Greenwich street, as, also, the sidewalks of Greenwich street, and are maintained by their occupants for the purposes of trade under permits…