Carpenter v. Hyman
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court,• Cabell County. Action by Diantha Carpenter against Sol. J. Hyman. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KOBINSON, PRESIDENT!
The plaintiff, by the verdict of a jury, recovered a judgment against the defendant, for the sum of three hundred dollars, upon the ground that defendant had caused loss to her means of support by the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors to her minor son.
The first assignment of error calls into question the sufficiency of the declaration, the demurrer to which was overruled. We find the declaration sufficient. It is not subject to the fault alleged — that it does not state the cause of action in a way that affords the defendant a fair opportunity to make a full and…
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