Meehan v. Owens

Citations

• 196 Pa. 69
• 46 A. 263
• 1900 Pa. LEXIS 472

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Specific performance — Liquor license — Liquor saloon.</p> <p>A court of equity will not specifically enforce a sale of a liquor license for the unexpired portion of a license year, after the expiration of such-year. As the privilege to sell liquor is a personal privilege which requires the sanction of the court of quarter sessions and expires with the end of each license year, no new license issued for the succeeding year would be a substitute for the specific license which was the subject of the contract.</p> <p>Equity — Specific performance — Sale of chattels — Liquor license.</p> <p>Equity takes jurisdiction only in rare cases and upon exceptional grounds to enforce a sale of personal chattels.</p> <p>In the absence of exceptional grounds equity will not specifically enforce a contract for the sale of the “ license, lease, good will, fixtures ahd bar-, room furniture ” of a liquor saloon.</p>