Forst's License

Citations

• 208 Pa. 578
• 57 A. 991
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 805

Syllabus

<p>Liquor law — License—Signatures to petition — Signature of partnership— Certificate of twelve electors — Amendment.</p> <p>The certificate “ signed by at least twelve reputable qualified electors of the county,” required by the Act of June 9, 1891, sec. 5, P. L. 257, to be annexed to the petition for a liquor license, is fatally defective where five of the signatures are those of partnerships or trading companies, and this defect cannot be cured by amendment.</p> <p>Mitchell, C. J., and Thompson, J., dissent.</p>