Walker's License
Walker's License
Opinion of the Court
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The court below granted a license to sell liquor at wholesale under the Act of June 9, 1891, P. L. 257, and the argument of appellant is directed against the sufficiency of the description of the licensed premises. The fourth section of the act requires that the petition shall contain: “ Second. The particular place for which a license is desired.” The petition describes the premises as follows : “ That certain storeroom and dwelling containing storeroom, three rooms and cellar, and occupied last year as a wholesale liquor store by your petitioner, situate in the eleventh ward, Pittsburg, in said county, being-.” The statute does not specify the manner the
All that we decide is that the description given in the petition is not so manifestly misleading and uncertain as to be so declared as a matter of law, and the court, below having acted thereon we will not reverse the decree entered.
Decree affirmed.
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- Liquor license — License—Petition—Description of building. A petition for a wholesale liquor license described the premises as follows : “ That certain storeroom and dwelling containing storeroom, three rooms and cellar, and occupied last year as a wholesale liquor store by your petitioner, situate in the eleventh ward, Pittsburg, in said county being-.” A remonstrance was filed to the effect “ that the place to be licensed is not necessary for the accommodation of the public.” The court below granted the license. Reid that the, description was not so manifestly misleading and uncertain as to be so declared as a matter of law, and that the order of the lower court should be sustained.