Court Opinion

ID: 9545964
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:22:48.556217+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:15:49.625920
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*187Mr. Justice Sutton
dissenting:
The issue here is whether there is evidence in the record to support the findings of an administrative official duly authorized by statute to investigate, hold hearings and determine whether a license should issue.
Though I agree with the majority opinion that grounds four and five enumerated by the commissioner are invalid in law to justify a refusal to grant the license, such is not true of the sixth ground. In it the commissioner lists what the majority denotes as competitors but which businesses in fact, so the commissioner concluded by his findings, would prevent these applicants from promoting the convenience and advantage of the community in the public interest as required by the statute. The commissioner used the statutory language in his finding and it being supported by competent evidence I would affirm his action and reverse the learned trial court.
Mr. Justice McWilliams and Mr. Justice Pringle state that they concur in this dissent.