American Brewing Company's License
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
American Brewing Company's License, 161 Pa. 378 (Pa. 1894)
29 A. 22; 1894 Pa. LEXIS 702
Fell, Green, McCollum, Sterrett, Williams
American Brewing Company's License
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
This case presents substantially the same questions that have been considered and disposed of in opinion just filed in “ Ap
For reasons given in that case, and in the opinion of the court sent up with the record in this case, we think the learned judge’s refusal of the application was in the exercise of a sound legal discretion, and therefore not reviewable here.
Decree affirmed with costs to be paid by petitioners.
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- Wholesale liquor license — Discretion of court — Review—Act of 1891. A judge has lawfully exercised his discretion' in refusing a wholesale liquor license under the act of June 9, 1891, P. L. 257, where he states in his opinion that he had personal knowledge of the facts pertinent to the case, and made careful inquiry as to the necessity of the license, and the fitness of the applicant, and that having a due regard to the number and character of the petitioners for said license, and considering the best interests of the community and of the county at large, together with the facts and information had and obtained as aforesaid, and exercising what was considered a sound discretion, the application was refused. In such case the refusal of the application was in the exercise of a sound legal discretion and therefore not reviewable by the Supreme Court.