Beverly Grill, Inc. v. Crow

Haymond, President:

The relief sought by the petitioner, Beverly Grill, a corporation, in this original proceeding, is a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, Burton Crow, Nonintoxicating Beer Commissioner of West Virginia, to issue to it a retail nonintoxicating beer license, Class A, at its place of business in Huntington for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1949. The facts are not disputed and the legal question presented is whether an applicant for a license of the character indicated, who is a suitable person, operating in a lawful manner an establishment which is suitable in its…