Legal Opinion

Pittsburg Brewing Company's Brewer's License

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 13, 1899No. Appeal, No. 6PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 6, April T., 1900, by Lyman E. Davis, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March Sess.,. 1899, No. 9, granting a brewer’s license. Application for brewer’s license.

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Appeal, No. 6, April T., 1900, by Lyman E. Davis, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March Sess.,. 1899, No. 9, granting a brewer’s license. Application for brewer’s license. Before Shaeer, J. It appears from the record that the petition of the Pittsburg Brewing Company was filed February 11, 1899, for a license for a brewery in the sixteenth ward of the city of Pittsburg; the petition alleged the incorporation of a brewing company and that its directors were all citizens of Pennsylvania and the United States, of temperate habits and good moral character; that the petitioner was the owner of…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The six judges who heard this appeal being equally divided in opinion the order is affirmed.

Opinion' by

Smith, J.,

December 13,1899:

It is unnecessary to consider the specifications relating to offers of evidence. These offers form no part of the record, and are not before us. The findings of fact by the court below are beyond review by us. The only question to be determined here is whether, in law, the court had authority to make th& decree. The denial of this authority, by the appellant, rests on the contention that the court cannot legally grant a brewer’s license if the applicant…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re License of UmholtzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  2. City of Chester v. First National BankSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pittsburg Brewing Company's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901

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