Fink v. Garman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lebanon county. This was an action on the case brought January 9th 1860, by Rebecca Garman, widow of Jacob Garman, against Jacob Einlc, who was a public-house keeper, to recover damages for having caused the death of her husband, by unlawfully furnishing him with intoxicating liquors.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Lebanon county. This was an action on the case brought January 9th 1860, by Rebecca Garman, widow of Jacob Garman, against Jacob Einlc, who was a public-house keeper, to recover damages for having caused the death of her husband, by unlawfully furnishing him with intoxicating liquors. The declaration contained several counts, and averred that the defendant, a licensed innkeeper, contrary to his duty, furnished intoxicating drink to Jacob Garman, the husband of the plaintiff, and that in consequence thereof he became drunk, fell from his horse, and lost his life;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Woodward, J.
What this case was upon the pleadings, we are not informed, for they have not been exhibited. But from the charge of the judge, Ave learn that it was an action on the case, brought by the defendant in error, as AvidoAV of Jacob Gar-man, deceased, against Jacob Fink, the plaintiff in error and defendant below, for furnishing to the said Garman, a man of knoAvn intemperate habits, and at a time when he was intoxicated, an additional quantity of intoxicating liquor, by Avhich he became so inebriated that he fell from his horse under the…
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