Blaisdell v. Bickum
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tobt, under the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 21, for injuries to the plaintiff resulting from the intoxication of his wife, caused by intoxicating liquor sold to her by the defendant.
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Tobt, under the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 21, for injuries to the plaintiff resulting from the intoxication of his wife, caused by intoxicating liquor sold to her by the defendant. Trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show that he married, in due form, one Elizabeth Quimby, at South Berwick, Maine, in February, 1880; that he had since lived with said Elizabeth, as her husband, in this Commonwealth; that the defendant, a druggist, had sold liquor to her whereby she became intoxicated;…
1Opinion of the CourtW. Allen, J.
The court properly ruled that, if Rowena Mack was the daughter of the plaintiff’s mother’s sister, the marriage between her and the plaintiff was null and void. It was made so by the statute of New Hampshire, where the marriage was contracted.
The evidence offered to prove the death of Quimby should have been excluded. It was evidence of a report in the community, not shown to have been accepted by, or known to, the family of Quimby, of the place and manner of his recent death This does not come within any exception which allows declarations of deceased members of a family, or reputation in…
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