EDWARD W. SCARBOROUGH, AS DIRECTOR OF THE STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT, AND F. C. ALMONY, AS SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE OF THE STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT, MIAMI OFFICE, AND VIRGIL BIRD AND JOE FINE, AS SUPERVISORS OF THE STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT ATTACHED TO THE MIAMI OFFICE,
v.
A. T. SCHWAB
EDWARD W. SCARBOROUGH, AS DIRECTOR OF THE STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT, AND F. C. ALMONY, AS SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE OF THE STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT, MIAMI OFFICE, AND VIRGIL BIRD AND JOE FINE, AS SUPERVISORS OF THE STATE BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT ATTACHED TO THE MIAMI OFFICE,
A. T. SCHWAB
148 Fla. 450
Florida Supreme Court (1941)
Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 4 So. 2d 518
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Opinion of the Court
This appeal is from a final decree restraining appellant from revoking license of appellee to retail alcoholic beverages at a place known as the “Village Club” in Dade County.
The record discloses that the license year had expired when the appeal was taken so the question is moot. The decree appealed from should be affirmed for that reason, suffice it to say that we have examined the controlling statutes and the evidence and find no reversible error in the final decree.
Affirmed.
Brown, C. J., Whitfield, and Adams, J. J., concur.
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