Weiser v. Welch
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ionia; Davis, J. Case by Louisa B. Weiser against Patrick Welch, a saloonist, and Herbert Babcock and Andrew Haberstumpf, his bondsmen, under the civil-damage act. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
Defendant Welch was a saloon keeper in the city of Ionia. The other defendants are his bondsmen. Plaintiff was a widow 60 years of age, and for several years a helpless cripple. She owned a small homestead, which was mortgaged. Her son, Burton,-a minor, was her chief support. Her claim is that her son squandered his money in Welch’s saloon, became frequently intoxicated, and that she was thereby injured in her means of support. For this she brought suit, and obtained verdict and judgment.
*1361. The chief defense is that she had settled this suit, and executed a release and “satisfaction of all…
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