Wiley v. National Surety Co.

Mrs. Frances F. Wiley, in behalf of herself and two minor- children, sued certain licensed saloon-keepers and the sureties on their respective bonds in Madison county, under the Slocumb law, (Rev. St. 1913, ch. 40), to recover damages for total.loss of support said to have been suffered by plaintiffs because of the sale of intoxicating liquors to her husband from May 1, 1910, to September 1, 1912, from the effects of which he subsequently died. Plaintiffs recovered judgment for $6,000 against the principals named in the bonds and $5,000 against the sureties; the latter sum being the amount of…