Rouse v. Catskill & New York Steam-Boat Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Columbia county. Action by Beulah Bouse, an infant, by guardian, against the Catskill & New York Steam-Boat Company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s father, alleged to have been caused by intoxication from liquors purchased in a bar-room on board of one of the defendant’s steam-boats.
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Appeal from circuit court, Columbia county. Action by Beulah Bouse, an infant, by guardian, against the Catskill & New York Steam-Boat Company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s father, alleged to have been caused by intoxication from liquors purchased in a bar-room on board of one of the defendant’s steam-boats. Laws N. Y. 1873, c. 646, provides that any person owning, or renting, or permitting the occupation of, any building or premises, and having knowledge that intoxicating liquors are to be sold therein, shall be liable for damages sustained by any wife, child, parent, etc.,…
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment on verdict, and from an order denying a new trial. The action is brought under the so-called “ Civil Damage Act” to recover damages sustained by plaintiff in her means of support by the death of her father, Frederick W. Bouse, whose death is alleged to have been caused through his intoxication, occasioned by his drinking liquors sold to him by one John Little. It is not alleged or claimed that the defendant sold the liquors; but it is claimed that defendant rented to Little a part of the building in which the liquors were sold, and had knowledge…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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