In re Sperring
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 33, Feb. T. 1898, by W. F. Sperring, from order of Q. S. Clinton Co., Jan. Sess., 1898, No. 66, refusing wholesale liquor license. Application for wholesale liquor license. Before Mayer, P. J., and Hamilton and McKinney, associate judges.
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Appeal, No. 33, Feb. T. 1898, by W. F. Sperring, from order of Q. S. Clinton Co., Jan. Sess., 1898, No. 66, refusing wholesale liquor license. Application for wholesale liquor license. Before Mayer, P. J., and Hamilton and McKinney, associate judges. It appears from the record that a petition and bond of the Holloway Bottling Company for a wholesale liquor license was filed in the court of quarter sessions of Clinton County on November 29, 1897, as of No. 66, January sessions, 1898. That the day fixed by the said court for the hearing of liquor licenses was Monday the 27th day of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Wickham, J.,
The record proper in this case shows, that the following order was made and duly entered by the court below, to wit: “Now, the 27th day of December, 1897, license is refused after due consideration.
“ W. L. Hamilton, A. J.
“ J. Hakris McKinney, A. J.”
It cannot be denied that the associate judges had the power to make this order: Reiber v. Boos, 110 Pa. 594; Leister’s App., 20 W. N. C. 224; Branch’s License, 164 Pa. 427. Nor were they obliged to file any reasons for their decision: Commonwealth v. Kerns and Brother, 2 Pa. Superior Ct. 59 and cases there cited; Cohen’s…
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- Reiber v. BoosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Sheip v. Price, Page & Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Rice v. ConsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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