Case Name: Lehigh County Brewers' and Bottlers' Licenses
Court: Lehigh County Court of Quarter Sessions
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1924-03-17
Citations: 5 Pa. D. & C. 104
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lehigh County Brewers' and Bottlers’ Licenses.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania District and County Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 104–104

Head Matter:
Lehigh County Brewers' and Bottlers’ Licenses.
Liquor law — Licenses■—Brewers’ and bottlers’ licenses — Wholesale dealers —Acts of July 30, 1897, and March 27, 1923.
1. The Prohibition Enforcement Act of March 27, 1923, P. L. 34, which repealed generally “all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act,** repealed the Act of July 30, 1897, P. L. 404, providing for the licensing of wholesale liquor dealers, brewers and bottlers.
2. Since the date of the Act of March 27, 1923, no brewers' and bottlers* licenses can be granted.
Petition for brewers’ and bottlers’ licenses. Q. S. Lehigh Co.
March 17, 1924.

Opinion:
Reno, P. J., and Iobst, J.,
Prior to the approval of the Pinchot Enforcement Code (Act of March 27, 1923, P. L. 34), retail liquor licenses were granted under the Brooks High License Law (Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 108), as amended by the Woner Law (Act of May 5, 1921, P. L. 407). Wholesale dealers, brewers, bottlers, etc., were licensed under the Act of July 30, 1897, P. L. 464, and its amendments.
The Pinchot Enforcement Code specifically repeals the Brooks High License Law and the Woner Law, but does not mention the Act of July 30, 1897. The Pinchot Act does, however, repeal generally "all other acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with this act."
Wholesale dealers, brewers, bottlers, etc., licensed under the Act of July 30, 1897, P. L. 464, were authorized thereby to deal in "intoxicating liquors," either spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed. The Pinchot Act prohibits the manufacture, sale, transportation, etc., of anything determined to be "intoxicating liquor" by Act of Congress passed from time to time. It is perfectly evident that the two acts are inconsistent. It follows that the Pinchot Act has repealed the act under which licenses were heretofore granted to wholesale dealers, brewers, bottlers, etc.
In these circumstances, we are not authorized to grant licenses to the brewers and bottlers who have applied for them. When presented, counsel requested permission to withdraw them if we should determine that they could not be granted. Our order will be drawn accordingly.
Now, March 17, 1924, the petitions for brewers' and bottlers' licenses are refused, with leave, however, to the petitioners therefor to withdraw the same if they SO desire. From James L. Schaadt, Allentown, Pa.