Pearce v. Board of Liquor License Commissioners

This appeal questions the propriety of an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County which dismissed an appeal from a decision of the Board of Eiquor Eicense Commissioners of that county on the ground that the appeal had not been determined by the Circuit Court within thirty days after the record was filed, as purportedly required by statute.

Harry R. Becker, an appellee in this case (along with the Eiquor Board), applied for and was granted a Class B (on sale) beer, wine and liquor license on March 8, 1961, after a hearing before the Board at which certain residents of the neighborhood…