Taylor v. Wright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP MCKEAN COUNTY. No. 444 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 139 February Term 1886, C. P. On January 21, 1886, Clarissa Wright, widow of Pardon Wright, deceased, brought case against Frank N. Taylor, tore-cover damages for having unlawfully furnished her husband with intoxicating liquors, resulting, as alleged, in his death.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP MCKEAN COUNTY. No. 444 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 139 February Term 1886, C. P. On January 21, 1886, Clarissa Wright, widow of Pardon Wright, deceased, brought case against Frank N. Taylor, tore-cover damages for having unlawfully furnished her husband with intoxicating liquors, resulting, as alleged, in his death. The action was brought under § 3, act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 663. At the trial on October 27, 1887, the case shown by the testimony was in substance as follows: The defendant was a licensed hotel keeper in Smethport, and on…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
If Pardon Wright, whose death gave rise to the present controversy, was a man of known intemperate habits, and the defendant below, with others, furnished him liquor while intoxicated, and with knowledge of his habits, I do not see why they are not all responsible for the accident which resulted therefrom. In such case, it would be impossible for the jury to say which particular glass of liquor was the proximate cause of his death. Each glass did its share of the work. We do not see, therefore, any error in the answer of the court to the defendant’s third point. As was well said…
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