Appeal of Gross

Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal of Gross, 1 Pa. Super. 640 (1896)
1896 Pa. Super. LEXIS 208
Beaver, Orlady, Reeder, Rice, Smith, Wickham, Willard

Appeal of Gross

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The record in this case shows that, after due hearing, the petitioner’s application for a retail liquor license was refused. The learned judge says - in his opinion: “Taking into consideration our personal knowledge and information in this case, as we are required to do in most applications, we have determined that another licensed place in Sunbury is unnecessary and therefore refuse the license.”

The reason assigned for the action of the court is a legal reason, and that the judge may act on his personal knowledge is too well decided to be open to argument.

The order is affirmed at the costs of the appellant.

Reference

Full Case Name
Appeal of Isaac M. Gross
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Liquor law—Refusal of license—Personal knowledge of judge. Where the license court refuses an application for a retail license and assigns the following reason therefor,—“ Taking into consideration our personal knowledge and information in this case as we are required to do in most applications, we have determined that another licensed place in Sunbury is unnecessary and therefore refuse the license ”—such reason so' assigned is a legal reason and will not be reviewed by the appellate court.