State v. Drummer
Supreme Court of Iowa
1DissentThompson, J.
(dissenting) — I respectfully dissent. State v. Schultz, upon which the majority relies, is not in point. The decision there turned upon the wording of the statute, in which the first sentence made it unlawful for any person to sell or give beer to a minor, but the second sentence included the words “or any of his agents or employees” in providing for loss of permit. We *331held the two sentences taken together did not show the intent to make the owner criminally liable for acts' of his employees without his knowledge or direction. No such situation appears here.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Taulbee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
- Murphy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955