Legal Opinion

Pierce's License

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1915No. Appeal, No. 20PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 20, April T., 1916, by Emma S. Pierce, from order of Q. S. Forest Co., May Sessions, 1915, No. 2, granting retail liquor license In re Application of Emma S. Pierce for a retail liquor license. Petition for retail liquor license. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order granting the license.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Bice, J.,

On the back of the petition for license appears the following: “Now April 28, 1915, after hearing the surety on the within bond is approved and the license as prayed for is granted.” This was signed by the two associate judges but not by the president judge and was entered in the docket as the final order of the court. The president judge filed a separate paper which reads as follows: “The petition does not contain an averment as to the applicant or the surety that they are ‘not engaged *399in the manufacture of spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors.’ I am of the opinion…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Branch & Power's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  2. In re SperringSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  3. English's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Keim's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Kensington Club Liquor License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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