Cox's License
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, March T., 1916, by McClellan Cox, from order of C. P. Perry Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 31, refusing liquor license. • Petition for retail liquor license.
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Appeal, No. 3, March T., 1916, by McClellan Cox, from order of C. P. Perry Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 31, refusing liquor license. • Petition for retail liquor license. Before Seibert, P. J. The petition which was endorsed, “Petition for tavern license,” was as follows: This petition respectfully represents, that your petitioner is a citizen of the United States, of good moral character and temperate habits, and desires to keep a hotel, inn or tavern, and prays your honorable court to grant him a license under the laws of the Commonwealth to sell liquors in quantities not exceeding one quart.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
The court below refused this license to sell liquor in quantities not exceeding one quart for two reasons. The first is considered in the opinion filed by President Judge Bice in the appeal of Howard A. Keim, filed this day, and the second may be stated in the language of the court below as follows: The electors who signed the appli*132cant’s certificate attached to the petition “were dominated by the purpose of the repealed Acts of 1834 and 1856, — that the hotel, inn or tavern is the primary matter and the license to sell intoxicating liquors at retail an incident to it,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re Pollard for LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Windber Brewing Co. No. 2's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Reznor Hotel Company's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Appeals of MeenanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Mercer's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917