MANCHESTER v. SELECTMEN OF NANTUCKET


335 Mass. 156 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 766

MARGARET W. MANCHESTER vs. SELECTMEN OF NANTUCKET.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Nantucket.

December 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Poland, for the petitioner.

Haughton E. Sanguinetti, for the respondents.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, WILLIAMS, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

The petitioner conducts a summer hotel in Nantucket and holds an innholder's license under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 140, § 2. On August 18, 1955, the selectmen of the town (the licensing authorities under § 2 and the respondents in these proceedings) received a petition signed by twelve residents and property owners of Nantucket complaining of the manner in which the petitioner's hotel was conducted. The...

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