Legal Opinion

Couchman v. Prather

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 26, 1904No. 20,279PublishedCited by 19 opinions

From Clinton Circuit Court; J. V. Kent, Judge. Action by Harry S. Couchman, administrator of the estate of John 8. Couchman, deceased, against Cyrus A. Prather and others. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. Appealed from Appellate Court, under subdivision three, §1337j Burns 1901.

1Opinion of the CourtGillett, C. J.

This action was brought by appellant, under §285 Burns 1901. A demurrer was sustained to the amended complaint, and, from the final judgment which followed, this appeal is prosecuted.

*251It is charged in said amended complaint that from ETovember 19, 1900, until June —, 1901, appellees -were engaged in the business of selling intoxicating liquors at retail in the town of Thorntown, Boone county, Indiana, without a license authorizing them so to do; that on May 23, 1901, and for a long time immediately prior thereto, said John S. Couchman possessed an uncontrollable appetite for intoxicating…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Storms v. StevensIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. TindallIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
  3. Bartlett v. CrozierCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1820
  4. Thornburg v. American Strawboard Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Maule Coal Co. v. PartenheimerIndiana Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  5. Southern Railway Co. v. HowertonIndiana Supreme Court · 1914

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