Legal Opinion

Cramer's License

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 19, 1903No. Appeal, No. 8PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal, No. 8, April T., 1904, by Charles H. Cramer, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1903, No. 425, refusing a liquor license in case of application for license by, Charles H. Cramer. Application for liquor license. The application described the premises as follows: That the place for which a license is desired is that certain house containing thirty rooms, occupied the last year as a new building by , situate in cor.

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Appeal, No. 8, April T., 1904, by Charles H. Cramer, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1903, No. 425, refusing a liquor license in case of application for license by, Charles H. Cramer. Application for liquor license. The application described the premises as follows: That the place for which a license is desired is that certain house containing thirty rooms, occupied the last year as a new building by , situate in cor. Collins avenue and Broad street, nineteenth ward, city of Pittsburg, in said county, being three story with basement, stone and brick building, size thirty-two one…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Oblady, J.,

The appellant’s petition for a license to sell liquor at retail was refused for the reason, incorporated in the decree, that the place for which appellant applies for a license was insufficiently described in his petition. This court has stated a number of times, “ that, under our license system, the legislature has imposed on the courts of quarter sessions the duty of hearing and acting upon these applications; the power to judicially grant or refuse is lodged there. The legal presumption is that the matter was considered and decided within the statutory provisions, and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Petition of RaudenbuschSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  2. Gross's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. McFarland v. SchultzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  4. Commonwealth v. George W. Kerns & Bro.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  5. Johnson's LicenseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Matthew's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  2. Oberfell's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  3. Brown's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915

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