Verrill v. Dewey

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• sale of intoxicating liquors is a privilege subject to the police power of the state due to the social problems inherent in the consumption of alcohol
• authority of public official to act is synonymous with jurisdiction of court
• when court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, it has no authority to consider issue
• when court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, it has no authority to consider issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).