Meluskey Liquor License

DAVISON, J.,

— This appeal raises the question of whether or not the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (“board”) abused its discretion by refusing to renew a liquor license which it had first accepted for safekeeping and later renewed under the specific condition that such renewal would be only for a specific period of time.

Dating back to 1945, petitioner operated a licensed establishment known as The Maples along Route 309, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pa., which during 1969 he was compelled to vacate by reason of highway condemnation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There is no…