E. S. Shelby Vinegar Co. v. Hawn

CLARK, 0. J.

This is an action on an account for sale of cider. It is found by the jury that the plaintiff’s predecessor, or assignor, contracted in Hickory, N. O., for the sale of cider to be delivered in that town, that the cider sold was intoxicating, and that plaintiff’s predecessor knew that tire sale of intoxicating liquor was prohibited in Hickory by the laws of the State at the time of such contract of sale, and of the delivery. The Court, upon these findings .entered judgment against plaintiff for costs, on the ground that- “the plaintiff cannot maintain an action for goods, the sale…