Jackson v. Noble
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Cowrt. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages of the defendant for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors to plaintiff’s husband, by reason of which he became an habitual drunkard, to the injury of plaintiff in her person, property and means of support. There was an answer denying that defendant at any time sold plaintiff’s husband liquor of any kind.
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Appeal from Marshall District Cowrt. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages of the defendant for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors to plaintiff’s husband, by reason of which he became an habitual drunkard, to the injury of plaintiff in her person, property and means of support. There was an answer denying that defendant at any time sold plaintiff’s husband liquor of any kind. There was a trial by jury and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1. INTOXICATdoM-'es’”1 evidence. I. The defendant sought to prove that the plaintiff had instituted a number of suits against other parties for damages for the unlawful sale of intoxiO eating liquors to her husband, which suits had been settled. The court sustained objections to this testimony. These rulings are assigned as error.
We have carefully examined the abstract of appellants, and find that it does not affirmatively appear that the alleged sales in the other suits were made during the same time as *642tlie sales alleged to have been made by defendant. This is sufficient to sustain the…
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