The opinion
Chapman, C. J.
The liquors which were taxed were property, and the law protected them as such. An action might be maintained by the owner against one who should tortiously take *319 them from him. Ingalls v. Baker, 13 Allen, 449 . They were not a nuisance unless kept for sale illegally. Gen. Sts. c. 86, § 60. The petitioner does not allege that he kept them for sale. As personal property, they were taxable by the Gen. Sts. c. 11, § 2. Petition dismissed.