McGonnell's License
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 188, Oct. T., 1903, by James McGoimell, from order of Q. S. Potter Co., granting a liquor license in In Re Petition of James McGonnell. Petition for a liquor license. From the record it appeared that on April 21, 1903, James MqGonnell filed a petition for a retail liquor license, for the Hotel McGonnell in the borough of Coudersporl, accompanied by certificate of qualified electors in support of the petition, and the ¡jame day filed the bond required by law.
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Appeal, No. 188, Oct. T., 1903, by James McGoimell, from order of Q. S. Potter Co., granting a liquor license in In Re Petition of James McGonnell. Petition for a liquor license. From the record it appeared that on April 21, 1903, James MqGonnell filed a petition for a retail liquor license, for the Hotel McGonnell in the borough of Coudersporl, accompanied by certificate of qualified electors in support of the petition, and the ¡jame day filed the bond required by law. On May 14,1903, W. B. Brightman, M. S. Thompson, M. S. Harvey, A. B. Mann, James L. Knox et al., residents of the borough of…
1DissentMorrison, J.
I find myself unable to agree with the majority of the court that the court below erred in granting the petitioner’s license, and I desire to place upon the record some of my reasons for dissent.
*650The important questions are raised by three several acts of assembly relating to intoxicating liquors in the county of Potter.
The first is an act entitled “ An act to prohibit the issuing of licenses within certain boroughs of the counties of Armstrong, Potter, Indiana and Perry, or within two miles of the same, in the counties in which such boroughs are located.” This- act applied to the borough of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. McClain v. LockeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Sharpless v. Mayor of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
- O'Neil v. Am. Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Durach's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Smith v. McCarthySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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