Gismondi Liquor License Case

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This appeal involves the refusal of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to approve the transfer of a restaurant liquor license to premises at 303 Morgan-town Street in the City of Uniontown. The action of the Board was reversed by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Fayette County, and the protestants have appealed to this court.

This appeal has been thoroughly briefed and ably argued on both sides. The relevant statutory provisions are contained in Sections 404 and 464 of the Liquor Code. Section 404 (47 P.S. 4-404) reads in pertinent part as follows: “Provided, however,…