Jones v. Surprise
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover a balance due for the sale of wines and spirituous liquors. Plea, the general issue, with a brief statement that the contract was void under Gen. Laws, c. 109, s. 18. Facts found by the court. The plaintiffs were liquor dealers in Boston, and the defendant a saloon-keeper in Snncook at the time of the sale of the liquors in suit.
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Assumpsit, to recover a balance due for the sale of wines and spirituous liquors. Plea, the general issue, with a brief statement that the contract was void under Gen. Laws, c. 109, s. 18. Facts found by the court. The plaintiffs were liquor dealers in Boston, and the defendant a saloon-keeper in Snncook at the time of the sale of the liquors in suit. The plaintiffs’ agent solicited orders for the liquors in the defendant’s saloon, and forwarded the orders to the plaintiffs in Boston, having no authority to make a contract for their sale. He informed the defendant that the liquors would be…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
It is made a criminal offence for any person not an agent to sell or keep for sale spirituous liquor, or for any person within this state to solicit or take an order for spirituous liquor to be delivered at any place without this state, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that if so delivered the same will be transported to this state and sold in violation of our laws. G. L. c. 109, ss. 13,18. One question in this case is, whether intoxicating wines are included within the terms of this statute. The legislature has defined intoxicating liquor as follows: “ By the words ‘spirit,’…
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