Fanning's License

Citations

• 23 Pa. Super. 622
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 131

Syllabus

<p>Liquor laws — License—Restriction against liquor selling in line of title —Covenant in deed— Covenant running with land.</p> <p>It is a legal reason for the court of quarter sessions to refuse a retail liquor license, because in the line of title of the property for which the license is asked there is a restriction against the use of the premises “ for the manufacture, sale or storage of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors ” from and after a date mentioned “for all times thereafter forever.” Such a restriction in a deed is proper and legal. Cowell v. Colorado' Springs Co’., 100 U. S. 55, followed.</p> <p>No man has a right to a liquor license; he only has the right to present his application to the court and whether or not he shall be licensed depends upon the discretion of the court exercised in a sound and judicial manner.</p>