In re Nordstrom
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.* No. 181 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct., (W. D.) On August 3, 1889, the petition of Obed IP.
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FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.* No. 181 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct., (W. D.) On August 3, 1889, the petition of Obed IP. Nordstrom was presented to the justices of the Supreme Court, representing: That he was a citizen of Jefferson county, Pennsylvania; that on January 12, 1889, he filed his petition and bond in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Jefferson county, to No. 27 February Sessions 1889, praying the said Court of Quarter Sessions of Jefferson county to grant him a wholesale liquor license in the township of Young, in said county of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
This was a writ of alternative mandamus, directed to the judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Jefferson county, commanding them to show cause why they should not. grant a wholesale liquor license to the petitioner. His petition, as filed in the court below, sets forth, inter alia, “ That he is an applicant for a wholesale liquor license under the terms of the act of assembly of May 24, 1887; that his residence is Young township, in the county of Jefferson; that he is a citizen of the United States; that the place for which a license is desired was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Reed's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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