Wood v. Lentz
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Mecosta; Palmer, J. Case by Nettie Wood against Joseph Lentz under the civil-damage act. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Grant, O. J.
Plaintiff recovered verdict and judgment for $375 against the defendant for damages alleged to have been suffered by her by the furnishing of intoxicating liquors to her husband by defendant, under Act No. 313, Pub. Acts 1887.
1. The plea was the general issue. Defendant objected to any testimony under the declaration, claiming that it did not state a cause of action. The declaration alleges sales to her husband on May 1, 1895, and on divers other days between that day and the commencement of the suit, May 15, 1896, in consequence of which he became an habitual drunkard, etc. It…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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