Curran v. Owens
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Ohio county, rendered. on the 14th day of July, 1877, in a suit at law in said court then pending, in which Mary A. Curran was plaintiff and Thomas F. Owens was defendant, awarded on the petition of said Owens. Hon. Thayer Melvin, judge of the first judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Ohio county, rendered. on the 14th day of July, 1877, in a suit at law in said court then pending, in which Mary A. Curran was plaintiff and Thomas F. Owens was defendant, awarded on the petition of said Owens. Hon. Thayer Melvin, judge of the first judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. Johnsom, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case : On the 25th day of August, 1875, the plaintiff, Mary A. Curran, brought an action under section 6 of chap. 99 of the Acts of 1872-3, against the defendant, Owens,…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, Judge
This action was brought under section'6 of chapter 99 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1872-3, which section is as follows:
“Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other person, who shall be injured in person or property or means of support by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person, shall have a right of action in his or her name, severally or jointly, against any person who *215shall, by selling or giving intoxicating liquors, have caused the intoxication, in whole or in part, oí such person or persons ; and any…
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