Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1898 — WHAT THE LAW DECIDES. [ARTICLE]

WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

A license to sell intoxicating liquor is held, Ln Voight vs. excise commissioners (N. J.), 37 L. R. A. 292, to be a mere temporary permit which does not con- I •tltuto property in any sense, and its 1 revocation can be made, without any- ■ thing in the nature of a judicial pro- i ceedlng, on proof by affidavit that the licensee has violated the law. A landlord’s duty to use reasonable care to protect the property of his tenant from injury by the elements while repairing a roof or putting on a new one at his request is held, in Wertheimer vs. Saunders (Wis.), 37 L. R. A. 148, to be one which he cannot delegate to an Independent-contractor so as to be relieved from liability if the contractor is negligent. The disqualification of one of the three members of a town board to sit ! -on a hearing for the revocation of a ; license is held, in State ex rel. Getchel re. Bradlsh (Wis.), 37 L. R. A. 289, to make a decision of the board revoking tile license invalid, and the chairman Is held disqualified when he lias procured a person to make an unlawful purchase in order to get evidence to revoke the license. An Insane delusion is held, in re Kimberly (Conn.), 37 L. R. A. 261, to be a false belief for which there is no reasonable foundation and which would be Incredible under the given circumstances to the same person if of sound mind and concerning which his mind la not open to permanent correction through evidence or arguments. The numerous cases on the question what constitutes insane delusions are collected In a note to this case. The driver of a truck in a procession, knowing that a temporary superstructure upon it was built by the hirer for the occasion, although he was sent by the owner of the horses and truck, who had agreed to furnish a driver, is held, In Hardy vs. Shedden Co. (C. C. App. Cth 0.), 37 L. R. A. 33, to be a special Ser, ent in the employ of the hirer for that particular occasion. With this case to a very extensive note on the question which of two or more persons is the master of another who is conceded to ba a servant of one of them.