Qualls v. Sayles

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by the plaintiff in error, G. Qualls, against the defendants in error to recover of them the damages given by statute for a breach of the bond of the defendant, C. W. Sayles, as a liquor dealer, in selling beer to plaintiff’s minor son and permitting said minor to enter and remain in his place of business. The trial in the court below was by jury and resulted in a judgment for the defendants.

It was shown by the evidence that Jesse Qualls, the minor son of the plaintiff, about the 9th day of January, 1897, entered the saloon of the defendant Sayles,…