Supreme Court of Rhode Island June 9, 1874 (Hanley v. Powers)

Potter, J.

The plaintiff, a resident of Providence, in this case sues for the value of certain liquor sold in Providence to be carried to Stonington in Connecticut, where the defendant resided and transacted business.

The defendant contended that the sale in Rhode Island was

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unlawful, being contrary to the statute, and that therefore the plaintiff could not recover.