Veon v. Creaton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP TENANGO COUNTY. No. 96 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 71 August Term 1889, C. P. On July 25, 1889, George S. Yeon brought trespass against Patrick Creaton, under § 3, act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 663, to recover damages for an alleged furnishing by the defendant of intoxicating liquors to the plaintiff’s son, when intoxicated. Issue.
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP TENANGO COUNTY. No. 96 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 71 August Term 1889, C. P. On July 25, 1889, George S. Yeon brought trespass against Patrick Creaton, under § 3, act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 663, to recover damages for an alleged furnishing by the defendant of intoxicating liquors to the plaintiff’s son, when intoxicated. Issue. At the trial on March 6, 1890, the following facts were shown: The plaintiff resided at Beaver Falls, in Beaver county. His son, Myron H. Yeon, who was about twenty-five years of age and unmarried,…
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Mb. Justice Clabe::
A brief reference to the facts of this ease will aid in the determination of the questions of law involved.
Myron H. Yeon, the plaintiff’s son, in company with one *55Shannon and a young woman numed Isabel Silver, on the evening of July 5, 1889, took the train on the Allegheny Yalley railroad at Franklin, and arrived at Emlenton about 7 o’clock on the evening of the same day. They went from the depot directly to the hotel of Patrick Creaton, the defendant. It was alleged at the trial that they had been drinking intoxicating liquors at Franklin; that they had whiskey…
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