Pennington v. Walter

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This is an appeal by the prohibition administrator from an order of the District Court reinstating a permit which the administrator had revoked.

Walter, the appellee, a retail druggist in Pittsburgh, had held permits to sell liquor for medicinal purposes for the years 1921 to 1926 inclusive. In 1926 he applied for a permit for the year 1927, and received it on January 28, 1927. On May 6, 1927, the prohibition - administrator cited Walter to show cause why his permit should not be revoked. At the hearing evidence was produced showing that on 91 different occasions…