Horning v. Wendell

This was an action by the appellee, Elizabeth Wendell, against the appellants, under the 12th section of the liquor law of 1873. Acts 1873, p. 151.

The substance of the case made by the complaint was, that the defendants, by selling intoxicating liquor to one Isaac Richardson, caused his intoxication, and that the latter, while thus intoxicated, injured the plaintiff in her person and property, setting out the injury.

Demurrer to the complaint for want of sufficient facts overruled, and exception. Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for the plaintiff', over a motion for a new trial.

The…