McVey v. Manatt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Poweshiek District Court. — Hon. D. Ryan, Judge. The plaintiff is the wife of William A. McVey. In the yeai’ 1883, she commenced an action against one Casper Nelk for damages she alleged she had sustained by reason of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors to her husband. A trial was had, which resulted in á judgment for the plaintiff. Nelk kept his saloon at Brooklyn, in Poweshiek county, on a certain lot owned by the defendant herein.
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Appeal from Poweshiek District Court. — Hon. D. Ryan, Judge. The plaintiff is the wife of William A. McVey. In the yeai’ 1883, she commenced an action against one Casper Nelk for damages she alleged she had sustained by reason of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors to her husband. A trial was had, which resulted in á judgment for the plaintiff. Nelk kept his saloon at Brooklyn, in Poweshiek county, on a certain lot owned by the defendant herein. It appears that Nelk owned the building in which he carried on his business. After judgment was rendered an execution was issued thereon, and…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrook, C. J.
i. Intoxicating iíwfui ¿aíes: on“easedlien inowfllge nf lessor — I. The unlawful sales of liquor by Nelk to the plaintiff’s husband are alleged to have keen made on the said premises in the years 1881, 1882 and 1883. It appears that durin8 khe years named Nelk was authorized ky a permit or license from the town of Brooklyn to keep a beer saloon. The *134statute then authorized the sale of beer, but the sale of beer to minors, to intoxicated persons, or habitual drunkards was unlawful, whether the saloon-keeper had a license or not, and a judgment rendered against the keeper of the saloon was a…
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