Holleman v. . Harward
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, for damages, heard on demurrer ore tenus before Mclver, I., at February Term, 1896, of Vaki Superior Court. The demurrer was sustained, and plaintiff appealed. The nature of the action and grounds of demurrer are set out in the opinion of Associate Justice MONTGOMERY.
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY, J.:
This action was brought to recover of the defendants damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffin consequence of tlie defendants having sold laudanum to his wife, the defendants being druggists and knowing that the plaintiff’s wife was using the same in large quantities, and as a beverage, to the injury of her health. A demurrer ore terms, on the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, was sustained by his Honor. The defendants had answered, denying all the material allegations of the complaint, but for…
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