In re Collarn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
POB a mandamus to the court oe quarter sessions or PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 000 January Term, 1890, Sup. Ct. (E. D.) On April 25, 1890, Michael Collarn presented his petition to the Supreme Court, praying for an alternative writ of mandamus, directed to the judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia county, commanding them to show cause why a license to sell liquor at wholesale should not be granted to the petitioner, under the provisions of the act of May…
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POB a mandamus to the court oe quarter sessions or PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 000 January Term, 1890, Sup. Ct. (E. D.) On April 25, 1890, Michael Collarn presented his petition to the Supreme Court, praying for an alternative writ of mandamus, directed to the judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia county, commanding them to show cause why a license to sell liquor at wholesale should not be granted to the petitioner, under the provisions of the act of May 24,1887, P. L. 194. The petition filed averred: That on February 7, 1890, the said Michael Collarn filed his application in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
The petitioner’s own statement of his case puts him out of court. A remonstrance was filed against his application, upon the ground that he was not a man of good moral character. A hearing was had upon the issue thus' raised, and, as there is nothing to show that it was not conducted in a legal manner, *554there is an end of the case. We cannot review such cases upon the merits. All we can do is to see that the license court has proceeded according to law. Prospect Brewing Co.’s Petition, 127 Pa. 523, has no application.
Writ refused.
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