Blair Liquor License Case

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Appellant holds a restaurant liquor license in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. He applied to the Liquor Control Board for the transfer of his license to the northeast corner of Watts and Manning Streets, a point in the central area of the city, seven miles from his present location. The board heard, inter alia, the adverse testimony of protesting neighbors and Philadelphia police authorities, and, holding that there were sufficient licensed establishments in that area to meet all legitimate demands, it refused the application. On appeal to the court below, further…