Legal Opinion

In re Pollard for License

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 28, 1889No. 121PublishedCited by 15 opinions

CBBTIOBABI TO THE COUBT OE QUABTEB SESSIONS OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY.* No. 121 October Term 1889, Snp. Ct. (W. D.); court below, No. 1230 March Term 1889, Q. S. On February 5, 1889, M. E. Pollard, widow of Thomas Pollard, deceased, filed her petition praying the court to grant her a license to sell liquors at wholesale, under the act of May 24, 1887, P. L. 194. The petition was in due form, under the rules in such cases, and set forth that the petitioner was a citizen of the…

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CBBTIOBABI TO THE COUBT OE QUABTEB SESSIONS OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY.* No. 121 October Term 1889, Snp. Ct. (W. D.); court below, No. 1230 March Term 1889, Q. S. On February 5, 1889, M. E. Pollard, widow of Thomas Pollard, deceased, filed her petition praying the court to grant her a license to sell liquors at wholesale, under the act of May 24, 1887, P. L. 194. The petition was in due form, under the rules in such cases, and set forth that the petitioner was a citizen of the United States; that she resided at the corner of Stanton and Euclid avenues, in the 19th ward, Pittsburgh, and had resided…

1Opinion of the Court

pollakd’s petition.

Opinion,

Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:

- The plaintiff in error presented her petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county, praying for a license to sell liquors at wholesale at No 1044 Penn avenue, in said city. The petition was in proper form, and it was not denied that she had complied with all the requirements of the law. Upon the hearing of her petition, there was no remonstrance or oh jection to the granting of her license, or to the form of her petition or bond. The court below refused her appli cation, and also declined to grant a rehearing. The record,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Citizens' Gas-Light Co. v. Board of AssessorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
  2. Appeal of the CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. In re BrunoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Independence Party NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  3. Revocation of Mark's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. Gemas's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  5. Johnson's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893

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