Johnson's License
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Petition for mandamus to Hon. Nathaniel Ewing, P. J., Q. S. Fayette Co. Before Sterrett, C. J., Green, Williams, McCollum, Mitchell, Dean and Thompson, JJ.
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Petition for mandamus to Hon. Nathaniel Ewing, P. J., Q. S. Fayette Co. Before Sterrett, C. J., Green, Williams, McCollum, Mitchell, Dean and Thompson, JJ. The petition was as follows : “The petition of David D. Johnson, of Wharton township, Fajmtte county, Pennsylvania, respectfully represents : “ That he is the owner of the ‘ Hart Distillery,’ known in the Internal Revenue Regulations of the United States as Distillery No. 19, situate in Wharton township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, one of the oldest distilleries in said county, and Avhich has been used and operated for almost or quite a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
The petitioner was an applicant for a license to sell liquors in the county of Fayette, and his application came up at the March Sessions, 1893. No remonstrance was presented to the court against the license, and no evidence was offered in opposition to it, but when it was reached it was refused. The petitioner then applied to this Court for relief alleging in substance that his application had been arbitrarily refused without a hearing. The order refusing the license was set aside for this reason and a procedendo awarded. Thereupon the court below took up the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Petition of RaudenbuschSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Dechert v. Commonwealth ex rel. SmartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Commonwealth ex rel. Sherry v. JenksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- In re CollarnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Petition of GoldmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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