Cedeno v. New York State Liquor Authority

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered January 7, 1980, which annulled the respondent New York State Liquor Authority’s determination denying a liquor license to petitioner and directed that a license be issued, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the petition dismissed, without costs and without disbursements. While this appeal was pending, petitioner Emerenciano Cedeno died and his wife was substituted in his place with determination being reserved on the threshold issue of the status of decedent’s right to a license, i.e., did it survive his death and devolve upon his wife,…