Buckworth v. Crawford

This was an action on the case under Sec. 9, Ch. 43, entitled Dram Shops, against appellant and one David Martin. The appellee in her declaration charged that the defendants furnished intoxicating liquors to her husband, whereby he became habitually intoxicated, and that by reason of his condition thus produced he squandered his property and neglected his business, thereby injuring her in her means of support, and that while so intoxicated he assaulted her and drove her from home, thereby injuring her in health.

The case was tried by a jury. There was a verdict for plaintiff for $350. Upon a…