Court Opinion

ID: 9794866
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:13:11.752108+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:21:52.907767
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ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
In their petition for rehearing respondents again urge that appellant mortgagee, being a resident of the state of Washington, was not qualified (I.C. § 23-910) to hold an Idaho retail liquor license as successor in interest to the mortgagor Joyce Pasco, and that to permit such an unquali*44fied person to succeed to the right of the licensee or to have the license sold at a sheriff’s sale would effectively deprive the state of its control' and regulation of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
The residential disqualification of the mortgagee as a possible licensee under Idaho law at the time the mortgage was given is not considered pertinent to our decision in this case for two reasons: first, the mortgagee may have become a resident of Idaho subsequent to the date of the mortgage so as to qualify under I. C. § 23-910; and, second, the mortgagee may not become the purchaser at the foreclosure sale. In any event, the purchaser, whoever he may be, must be able to qualify as a liquor licensee under the laws of this state before he can assert any right as purchaser of the license at the sheriff’s sale.
Nothing said in the opinion in this case should be construed as in any way limiting or interfering with the powers and duties of the commissioner of law enforcement with respect to the issuance or renewal of retail liquor licenses.
Other grounds urged by petitioner were considered in the original opinion.
Petition for rehearing denied October 20, 1964.
McQUADE, McFADDEN and SMITH, JJ., and TOWLES, D. J., concur.