Hub Wine & Liquor Co. v. State Liquor Authority

This is an application pursuant to article 78

of the CPLR. The petitioners are owners of liquor stores located in the 149th Street area in the Bronx and seek to revieAV and annul a determination of the respondent which approved an application to remove the retail liquor store license from 74 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, and relocate the store at 413 East 149th Street, Bronx, New York.

There is no dispute with regard to the facts. In 1934, the respondent issued a license to a corporation doing business under the name of Hearn’s Liquor Store. In 1955, Hearn’s main department store, of Avhich…