Legal Opinion

Robinson v. Randall

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1876PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the lion. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was an action brought by appellee, a married woman, to recover damages sustained in her means of support in consequence of the sale by appellants of spirituous liquors to her husband, who was in the habit of using intoxicating liquors to excess. A trial of the cause before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee, for $350, to reverse which appellants appealed.

The first error complained of is the decision of the court in overruling appellants’ challenge, for cause, of the jurors, Bag-den and Mercer. Bagden, on his voir dire, said he “ had a prejudice against men…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Winnesheik Insurance v. SchuellerIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Spies v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Commonwealth v. PoissonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
  3. Burch v. Southern Pacific Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Stephens v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  5. State v. FourchySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899

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