Lane v. Tippy

The declaration in this case charged appellants with the sale of intoxicating liquors to appellee’s husband, thereby causing him to become an habitual drunkard, and to squander his money and property as well as the property of his wife, to the injury of appellee in her property and means of support.

Appellants filed two pleas, the first, not, guilty, and the second, the five years statute of limitations. A verdict was returned in favor of appellee for $400, and judgment was rendered against appellants for that amount, whereupon they prayed and perfected an appeal to this court.

It is not…