Swalbach v. State Liquor Authority

The petitioner was licensed in 1942 to sell liquor for off-premises consumption and for 15 years thereafter conducted his business in Rochester. In 1957, he was compelled to vacate his store when the building in which it was located was taken by the State in connection with the construction of a highway. Several months before, in May of 1957, in anticipation of his forced removal, he had applied to the State Liquor Authority for per*521mission to transfer his license to a new location in the Town of Henrietta, a few miles from Rochester. The contemplated site, in an area partly residential and…