Florence Methodist Church v. Township Committee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Clapp, S. J. A. D.

The appellant, Mrs. Gertrude Christy, made application to the Township Committee of the Township of Florence for a transfer to herself of a plenary retail liquor consumption license and also for a plaee-to-plaee transfer of the license. The committee granted her application by a vote (according to the record) of 6 to 5. Appeal was then taken to the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control by four churches. The Division reversed the committee, and Mrs. Christy now appeals to us.

The Division’s decision, rendered by its Director, rests on…