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204 Pa. 196

Commonwealth v. McClure

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 11, 1902

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1902-11-11

Appeal, No. 84, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1902, No. 204, dismissing petition for mandamus in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Theodor Weiss v. Thomas G. McClure, Treasurer of Allegheny County. Petition for mandamus. The petition was as follows : That he is a citizen of the United States, of temperate habits and good moral character.

Affirmed · Decided 1902-11-11

Per Curiam,

¶1Relator presented a petition for a mandamus to be. directed to the county treasurer to issue to him a license to sell liquor at retail, etc. The prayer of the petition was refused, and the errors assigned to the refusal appear to be based on the provisions of the mandamus Act of June 8, 1898, P. L. 345, which appellant urges are mandatory on the court to issue the writ, “ if such petition presents the substance of a case for mandamus.”

¶2The petition, however, did not present a case for mandamus, inasmuch as it sets forth the right claimed as based exclusively on petitioner’s compliance with the terms of the Act of April 3, 1872, P. L. 843. The court was entitled to take judicial notice that the granting of licenses is now regulated by the Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 108, compliance with the requirements of which was not alleged.

¶3Appeal dismissed with costs.

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