Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 4 (2026)

Contents of innholder and common victuallers license generally; coverage; term

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Section 4. Every license of an innholder or common victualler shall specify the street and number, if any, of the building where the business is to be carried on or give some other particular description thereof, and the license shall not protect a licensee who carries on his business in any other place. Such licenses shall expire on December thirty-first of each year; but they may be granted during December, to take effect on January first following.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1959–2012 · leading case: Springfield Hotel Ass'n v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 157 N.E.2d 219 (Mass. 1959).

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Springfield Hotel Ass'n v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 157 N.E.2d 219 (Mass. 1959). “See G. L. c. 140, §§ 4, 6; G. L. c. 138, § 12.”

Town of Natick v. Modern Cont'l Constr., 8 Mass. L. Rptr. 524 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1998). · cites it 2× “Modern argues that it does not qualify as a common victualler in connection with its pavilion (or farmstand) operations because the common victualler’s license is only required for those serving food in a building, see G.L.c. 140, §4, as illustrated by the mandate that an…”

Powell v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, 29 Mass. L. Rptr. 366 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2012). “Citing G.L.c. 140, §4, which provides that the “finance charge does not include charges of a type payable in a comparable cash transaction,” Deutsche Bank argues that third-party debt payoffs are not in fact “finance charges” that must be disclosed to the borrower.”

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