Suter v. Pittman

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the correctness of two judgments in circuit court entered on separate appeals from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in civil actions numbered 68144 and 69301. In each action Ruby Suter lost and Jewell Pittman won. The question is: “Who gets the retail package liquor license ?” The actions were consolidated in the circuit court and the judgments are questioned in a single appeal.

Ruby and June Suter, owners of the Brown Hotel in Warsaw since 1948, have leased the hotel to a succession of lessees. The leases have contained a provision, in…