Legal Opinion
Spankard's Liquor License Case
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 23, 1939No. Appeal, 129PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, P. J.,
On June 13, 1939, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board refused the application of Joe Spankard for a restaurant- liquor license at 818 Wylie Avenue, Pittsburgh, for the following reasons:
“(1) The applicant has been the real owner of this business for some time although the license has been in the name of his brother [James Spankard].
“(2) The applicant was arrested in 1933 and 1938, although these arrests were not set forth on his application.”
Thereupon, on June 15, 1939, Spankard appealed from such refusal to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County, by…
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