Reget v. Bell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. James C. Allen, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Caroline Bell against Michael Beget. The opinion of the court presents all the material facts of the "case. The defendant, on the trial, was sworn, and offered to testify in relation to the sale of the liquor which caused the death of plaintiff’s husband, Thompson Bell.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. James C. Allen, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Caroline Bell against Michael Beget. The opinion of the court presents all the material facts of the "case. The defendant, on the trial, was sworn, and offered to testify in relation to the sale of the liquor which caused the death of plaintiff’s husband, Thompson Bell. After stating that Bell came to his place of business on the day of the alleged sale, the following question was propounded to him: “'State what was said and done by him.’’ The court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was case, in the Effingham circuit court, brought under the act of 1872, called the liquor law, to recover damages for the death of the husband of plaintiff, occasioned, as was alleged in both counts of the declaration, by maliciously, carelessly and negligently selling and delivering, by defendant, to plaintiff’s husband, intoxicating liquors, after notice that the husband was an habitual drunkard, whereby he became intoxicated, sickened and died, leaving plaintiff without means of support.
The jury found the defendant guilty, and assessed the damages at one thousand dollars, for which…
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