Commonwealth v. Moran
This text of 19 N.E. 554 (Commonwealth v. Moran) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The case of Commonwealth v. Welch, 144 Mass. 356, is decisive of the case before us. No license of the fourth class was issued to the defendant, signed by the mayor and city clerk; but, further, there was no effective vote of the board of aldermen granting such license. The board, by a vote, [455]*455which has the effect of a standing rule, provided that no licenses should be granted unless six members of the board should assent thereto. This rule, while it is in force and acted upon, determines the effect of any vote upon granting a license, and if, as in the case before us, only four aldermen vote in favor of the applicant, a license is not granted. The ruling of the Superior Court was correct. Exceptions overruled.
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19 N.E. 554, 148 Mass. 453, 1889 Mass. LEXIS 291, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-moran-mass-1889.