Cronin v. Sharp

Citations

• 16 Pa. Super. 76
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 20

Syllabus

<p>Sale — Licensed saloon — Liquor license.</p> <p>An assignment of a liquor license is nothing more than an expression of consent that the license may be transferred to the assignee “by the authority granting the same.” All that the assignee acquires by it is the privilege of applying for the transfer to the court having jurisdiction to make it.</p> <p>The right to a liquor license or transfer of a liquor license is not assignable, and has no market value.</p> <p>Liquor law — Transfer of license — Sale of saloon.</p> <p>If a person who has agreed to sell a licensed saloon, and to apply for a transfer of the license to the vendee, discovers after signing the contract that the vendee is an improper person to receive a license, he is justified in refusing to request the license court to grant the transfer. To persist, after such knowledge, would show bad faith toward the court, and might result in the revocation of the license.</p> <p>Where the owner of a licensed saloon agrees to sell the license, stock and fixtures of the saloon, and lease the saloon to the vendee at a rental based upon the use of the premises as a saloon, and subsequently refuses to apply for a transfer of the license or to carry out his contract, the vendee is entitled to nominal damages only for the breach.</p>