Davis v. Terrien

This action was brought under the civil damage act. CLS 1956, § 436.22, as amended by PA 1958, No 152 (Stat Ann 1959 'Cum Supp § 18.993). Plaintiff charged in his declaration that he had entered defendants’ tavern; that while there one of defendants’ employees unlawfully served one Celestine P. Johnson with beer while he was intoxicated; that after drinking some of that beer, which contributed further to his intoxication, Johnson, as a result, struck plaintiff and caused him the injuries for which this suit was brought.

A jury returned a verdict of $20,000 for plaintiff. Having reserved…