Wilson Liquor License Case

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board refused appellant’s application for renewal of his restaurant liquor license in the Borough of Strattonville, Clarion County, on June 5, 1944. The specific reason given for the board’s action was that the electorate of that borough had cast a majority vote against the issuance of retail liquor and malt beverage licenses in that municipality. Hearing before the board was waived, and on appeal to the court below his contention was that the referendum election held September 14, 1943, on the question of local option in the Borough of…