Kroger Co. v. Liquor Control Commission

Plaintiff, The Kroger Company, an Ohio corporation, operates a retail supermarket in a shopping center located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Apple avenue and Harvey street, Muskegon township. Plaintiff filed an application with defendant commission for a specially designated merchant’s license to sell beer and wine at this proxoosed location, and on September 6, 1960, the commission denied the application stating that the proposed location was within 500 feet of a school.

The issue in this case involves an interpretation of the provisions of section 17a of the Michigan liquor…