Bistline v. Ney Bros.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clay District Court.— Hon. W. B. Quarton, Judge. Action to recover damages on account of alleged unlawful sales of intoxicating liquors to plaintiff’s husband. There was a judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals. — ■
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, C. J.
The defendants, Ney Bros., were registered pharmacists, doing business at the town of Webb, Iowa, during the year 1904, and held a permit for the lawful sale of intoxicating liquors. During the year named, William Bistline, a young married man of twenty-seven years of age, resided with his wife upon a farm about three miles from Webb. The evidence shows quite clearly that Bistline was in the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors to excess and frequently became intoxicated, with the usual result of more or less domestic unhappiness. On the evening of October 29, 1904, Bistline, accompanied by…
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