Rodgers v. Bailey
West Virginia Supreme Court
■ Error to Circuit Court, Fayette County. Action by M. E. Rodgers against A. P. Bailey. Judgment' for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBINSON, PRESIDENT * .
' A judgment for eight hundred dollars, as damages to plaintiff’s means of support from the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors by the-defendant to plaintiff’s husband, is sought to be reversed by this writ of error.
Thorough examination, of the record leads us to observe that error to the prejudice of the defendant was committed at the *187trial in two particulars. Irrelevant testimony was admitted which may have improperly enhanced the damages awarded. A judgment ’was entered upon a verdict, though reduced by the court, for an amount not supported or justified by the…
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