Woody v. Coenan

The only question in this case is as to the right to recover for injuries resulting from the sale of beer, prior to September 1st, 1873. As the right to recover for injuries from the sale of intoxicating liquor, given by the statute of 1862, was allowed only where intoxicating liquor was sold “ contrary to the provisions of the act entitled ‘An Act for the Suppression of Intemperance,’ passed January 22, 1855,. or under the act entitled ‘An Act Supplementary and Amendatory to An Act for the Suppression of Intemperance,’ passed January 28, 1857,” and as neither of those acts prohibited the…