In re McKibbins

Citations

• 11 Pa. Super. 421
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 151

Syllabus

<p>Transfer of liquor license — Practice, Q. 8. — Essentials of petition — Jurisdiction, Q. 8.</p> <p>Good practice requires that a petitioner for a transfer of license should set forth in his petition the grounds upon which the transfer is asked for and there is no doubt that the court may in its discretion require it. Such averments in the petition are not, however, essential to a valid order transferring a license, and an order transferring a license will be sustained if the applicant shall have presented a petition setting forth all facts necessary under existing laws for original applications for liquor licenses. When the petition has been filed the requisite length of time, the court has jurisdiction to transfer the licen’se after due hearing upon satisfactory proof of the essential facts.</p> <p>Refusal to renew lease — Ground for transfer.</p> <p>One of the cases where the jurisdiction to transfer a license may be exercised is, where the owner of the building occupied by the licensee refuses to extend or renew a lease for the same.</p>