Legal Opinion

Susquehanna County Liquor Licenses

Susquehanna County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided January 24, 1922No. Nos. 1 to 28Published

Applications for licenses to sell liquors. Q. S. Susquehanna Co., January Miscellaneous Sess., 1922, Nos. 1 to 28.

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, P. J.,. . . The constitutional objections interposed, and which apply to all retail applications only, for the reason that the “Woner” amending act is amending only of the “Brooks” High License Statute, which does not relate to applications to sell at wholesale, are verbatim thus:

“1. The Act of May 5, 1921, P. L. 407, known as the amendment of the Brooks High License Law, and under which the said application is drawn and filed, is unconstitutional and void:
“(a) Because in violation of art. ill, § 3, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, requiring the subject to be clearly expressed in…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. MathuesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  3. Commonwealth v. VigliottiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  4. Greenough v. GreenoughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1849
  5. Provident Life & Trust Co. v. HammondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

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