Weiss Liquor License Case

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Max Weiss filed with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board an application for the transfer of a restaurant liquor license, originally issued for premises at 16th and Walnut Streets, to premises at 601 North 34th Street in the City of Philadelphia. The application was protested by the Thirty-fourth Street Baptist Church. The Board granted the application, whereupon the church appealed to the Court of Quarter Sessions. Said tribunal sustained the appeal of the church, and vacated the order of the Board. Max Weiss has appealed.

The Liquor Code1 is to be liberally construed in…