Buck v. Maddock

The defendants in error declared against plaintiffs in error in case, alleging that plaintiff in error Buck was the keeper of a dram-shop in a house rented him for that purpose by plaintiff in error Walsh; that he furnished intoxicating liquors to Edward Maddock, father of defendants in error, causing him to become intoxicated, in consequence of which the said Maddock went upon a railroad track, and, failing to exercise proper care for his own safety, was killed by a passipg train. A plea of not guilty was filed, and upon trial by jury the issue was found for plaintiffs, and their damages…