Johnson v. Schultz

This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages to her means of support by the selling of intoxicating liquors to her husband by the defendant.

On the trial the plaintiff, when testifying in her own behalf, was permitted, against objection, to state how many children she had, the court stating that he admitted the testimony as bearing on the question of punitory or exemplary damages. The jury in their verdict returned that they found actual damages in her favor of $100, and exemplary damages of $500. The testimony should have been excluded. The point is ruled by the decision in…