Hall v. Germain
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Monroe county. Action by Anna B. Hall against Edward B. Germain individually and as executor of James T. Germain, deceased, and another. Judgment was entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and defendant Germain appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was under the civil damage act, (Jjaws 1873, c. 646.) It was brought by the plaintiff as the widow of a person whose death was alleged to have been' caused by his own intoxication, produced in whole or in part by liquor sold to him by the defendant McGovern on premises rented to him by the defendant Edward B. Germain, as the agent and manager of the owner, James T. Germain. The three persons named were originally made defendants in the action, but James T. Germain has died since this appeal was taken, and Edward B. Germain, as his executor, has been substituted for him as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Myers v. . Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
3Cited by3 opinions
- Reinhardt v. FritzscheNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Comstock v. HopkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1891
- Slaven v. GermainNew York Supreme Court · 1892