Legal Opinion

Wholesale Liquor Licenses of Thomas

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 3, 1895No. Appeal, No. 9PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1895, by William K., Thomas and John Mackert, from order of Q. S. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1895, No. 1, refusing to grant a wholesale -license. Application for a wholesale liquor license. The application was refused, Savidge, P. J., filing the following opinion: “I know the applicants to be ‘fit persons ’ for the-grant of a license to sell liquor by wholesale. They are good men who could safely be intrusted with the privilege.

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Appeal, No. 9, Jan. T., 1895, by William K., Thomas and John Mackert, from order of Q. S. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1895, No. 1, refusing to grant a wholesale -license. Application for a wholesale liquor license. The application was refused, Savidge, P. J., filing the following opinion: “I know the applicants to be ‘fit persons ’ for the-grant of a license to sell liquor by wholesale. They are good men who could safely be intrusted with the privilege. The license is refused, because I do not think there is a necessity for it. This conclusion is not reached from the proofs presented in open…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

This was an application for a wholesale liquor license. The record shows that the case was heard, considered and decided by the learned court below, and that the license was refused on the ground that in the opinion of the’court it was not necessary. It is true it was the individual opinion of the judge upon which this action was taken, but we have so many times held that such opinion may be the basis of decision that we regard the subject as settled, and do not deem it necessary to review the cases or to change them : Gross’s License, 161 Pa. 344; Mead’s License 161 Pa. 375;…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gross's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  2. Kelminski's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Mead's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  4. American Brewing Company's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Donoghue's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  2. Cambria County Liquor LicensesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. McGinley's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  4. Cambria County Brewers' LicensesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
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