28 Pa. Super. 71 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1905
Opinion by
The Act of May 13, 1887, -P. L. 108, provided that the petition for a retail liquor license should contain: “ Ninth. The names of no less than two reputable freeholders of the ward or township where the liquor is*to be sold, who will be his, her, or their sureties on the bond, which is required, and the statement that each of said sureties is a bona fide owner of real estate in the said county worth over and above all incumbrances the sum of $2,000, and that it would sell for that much at public sale, and that he is not engaged in the manufacture of spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors.” This clause of the section, as amended by the Act of April 24, 1901, P. L. 102, reads as it did originally, except for the substitution of the word “county” in place of the words “ ward or township,” and the addition of a proviso, which, so far as material here, reads as foEows: “ Provided, That when any person is surety upon more than one bond, he shall certify that he is worth four thousand ($4,000) dollars, over and above all incumbrances, and over and above any previous bond he may be on as surety.” It is contended by the appellant’s counsel, not only that this certificate must be made by the applicant for the li
Several other questions were discussed on the argument, and amongst them the question whether an unincorporated association of individuals having no interest in the matter different from that of all other citizens of the commonwealth had a right to appear by attorney and move to quash the application upon the ground that it is defective, and to appeal from the final order granting the license. In the view we take of the merits of the appeal it is unnecessary to discuss any of these questions. We remark, however, in order to prevent misapprehension, that we do not regard Wacker’s License, 6 Pa. Superior Ct. 823, as ruling the question last stated. The two cases are plainly distinguishable, and the fact that we dispose of the appeal upon its merits is not to be taken as an implied decision of that question. What we decide is that the statute does not require that the certificate contemplated by the proviso of the act of 1901 be set forth in the petition for a license.
The order is affirmed.