McCray v. Daley

The defendants appeal from a decision of the Circuit Court which reversed a decision of the License Appeal Commission of the City of Chicago, and which ordered the issuance of a retail liquor license to the plaintiff, Joseph McCray, for the premises at 8127 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago.

McCray made three applications for a liquor license for the same premises. The first one was in April- 1968. This application identified McCray as owner of the premises and stated that he was to be the sole owner of the business. However, in the course of a preliminary inquiry of a license investigator, McCray…