Taylor v. Davarn
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ionia; Perkins, J., presiding. Case by Elizabeth Taylor against James Davarn and the Michigan Bonding & Surety Company and others for unlawful sales of intoxicating liquor, resulting in the death of Benjamin Taylor, plaintiff’s husband. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Plaintiff recovered a judgment under the civil-damage act in the Ionia circuit court, against the defendant saloon keepers and their surety, the Michigan Bonding Company, for the unlawful acts of the saloon keepers in having contributed to the death of her husband on April 1, 1913, in the village of Lowell. Defendants have assigned error.
Plaintiff’s husband, Ben Taylor, on April 1, 1913, drove a pair of horses from Saranac to Lowell, and arrived there at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Upon his arrival, he and his companion visited the saloons conducted by the defendants, and drank…
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