Schnell v. Michigan Bonding & Surety Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; Knappen, J. Case by Matilda L. Schnell against the Michigan Bonding & Surety Company and others for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors to plaintiff’s husband. Plaintiff reviews an order sustaining demurrers to • plaintiff’s declaration by writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
The plaintiff brought this suit under the civil damage act (Act No. 313, Pub. Acts 1883), § 20 (2 Comp. Laws, § 5398; 2 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] § 5074)., against 47 Kalamazoo saloon keepers and their surety, the Michigan Bonding & Surety Company, to recover damages for the loss of her support, etc., occasioned by the intemperate habits and death of her husband, Louis P. Schnell.
The declaration was demurred to by all of the defendants. The grounds of demurrer are numerous, but reliance is principally placed upon the grounds :(1) That the declaration failed to state a cause of action against the…
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