Kirkpatrick v. Phillips
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; Knappen, J. Case by Anna L. Kirkpatrick against George Phillips, principal, and Edwin Jaseph and John H. Burke, sureties, under the civil-damage act. A judgment for defendants on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
This is an action under the civil-damage law in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for loss of sup*252port, mental suffering, etc., growing out of the death of her husband in a runaway, which resulted from illegal sales of liquor made by the defendant Phillips. On the trial of the cause the plaintiff offered in evidence the bond given by the defendant George Phillips and his sureties, which said bond had been duly approved by the city council of Kalamazoo and filed with the county treasurer. The court held the bond irregular and' defective and directed a verdict, in favor of all the defendants,…
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