Ford v. Cheever

This is an action brought under the civil damage law against defendant, who was during the years 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1892 engaged in keeping a saloon in the village of Tecumseh. The plaintiff sued to recover damages for injury sustained in her means of support and injury to feelings. She recovered a verdict of $1,500, upon which judgment was entered; and the defendant brings error, alleging a large number of errors committed on the trial.

1. The evidence showed that the plaintiff’s husband had been addicted to drink prior to 1888, when the defendant engaged in the saloon business, and…