Fordyce Food Distributors v. Valley Innkeeper, Inc.

EPPINGER, P.J.,

Fordyce Food Distributors, plaintiff, has a judgment against Valley Innkeeper, Inc., defendant. The latter has a liquor license that is posted on the wall of the padlocked premises where Valley formerly conducted its business. Fordyce directed the sheriff to levy on the license, breaking into the premises if necessary. The sheriff refused and Fordyce applied to this court for supplementary relief, asking that the court direct the sheriff to make the levy.

Earlier the Attorney General of the Commonwealth rendered an opinion holding that a liquor license is a property right and…