Chilcott's License
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, April T., 1916, by Joseph H. Chilcott, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1915, No. 1428, refusing a retail liquor license. Petition for a retail liquor license in East Deer Township. From the record it appeared that under the Act of April 3,1872, P. L. 804, East Deer Township was created a local option district.
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Appeal, No. 29, April T., 1916, by Joseph H. Chilcott, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1915, No. 1428, refusing a retail liquor license. Petition for a retail liquor license in East Deer Township. From the record it appeared that under the Act of April 3,1872, P. L. 804, East Deer Township was created a local option district. Subsequently the district became. subdivided so that it now consists of' the townships of East Deer, Springdale, and .Frazer and Cheswick Borough and Springdale Borough. At the election held on Feb. 15, 1915, the result of the election- in the several…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This is an appeal from an order refusing the appellant’s application for a retail liquor license for premises situate in the Village of Hite, East Deer Township, Allegheny County. The appellant’s counsel correctly argue that an appeal from such an order is in effect but a certiorari, yet where the court sets forth in the record as part of its final order the reasons for its action, the appellate court will determine whether the reasons thus assigned are legal reasons: Gemas’s License, 169 Pa. 43. The same has been held, practically, where the court filed an opinion in connection…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gemas's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Federal Street & Pleasant Valley Passenger Railway Co. v. PittsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Venango County Liquor LicensesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Parsons v. WinslowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
- Rassau v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
3Cited by3 opinions
- Kittanning Country Club's Liquor License CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Dietrich's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Reed's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917