Commonwealth v. Beam

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

The question on this appeal is whether the county court or the municipality has the power to grant a tavern license in a city of the fifth class.

The controversy arises out of the following facts: T. D. Beam leased a hotel in Bardstown, a city of the fifth class, and applied to the county court for a tavern license. The license was refused on the ground that the court had no power to grant it. On appeal to the circuit court the judgment was reversed and the county court directed to issue the license. From this judgment the…