Creel v. Cordon

GILL, Chief Justice.

Cynthia Ellen Creel, as the mother of her minor son, sued W. T. Cordon, a retail liquor dealer, and the sureties on his bond, to recover the statutory penalty of $500 for 'selling whisky and beer to her minor son. Cordon defended by general denial and a special plea that if the sale was made as alleged it was done in good faith in the belief that the minor was of full age. Upon a hearing there was a judgment for defendants and the plaintiff has appealed.

Evidence was adduced at the trial tending to show that Cordon at a time certain had sold liquor to plaintiff’s son. That…