Wadsworth v. Dunnam
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Sbelby Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. LeBoy F. Box. Tbis was a suit brought by F. P. & C. L. Dunnam to recover of tbe defendant, A. J. Wadsworth, tbe sum of eighty-two dollars, due on several promissory notes made by the defendant.
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Appeal from Sbelby Circuit Court. Tried before tbe Hon. LeBoy F. Box. Tbis was a suit brought by F. P. & C. L. Dunnam to recover of tbe defendant, A. J. Wadsworth, tbe sum of eighty-two dollars, due on several promissory notes made by the defendant. Tbe defense was that tbe notes were given in settlement of an account made by tbe defendant with tbe plaintiff, which contained items of intoxicating bitters, sold in violation of an Act approved February 23, 1883, forbidding tbe sale of intoxicating bitters or beverages in Beat 4 of Sbelby county. Issue was taken on the plea, and much evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
Tbis action is on certain notes given by Wadsworth to F. P. & 0. L, Dunnam’ in settlement of an *612account. Some of the items of this account were charges for bottles of “Ginseng Cordial” sold by plaintiffs to defendant. A statute of force at the place of these sales made it “unlawful for any person or persons to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of, any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters or beverages”; and imposed a penalty for its violation. — Acts 1882-3, pp. 613-616. The defense was that this “Ginseng Cordial” was an intoxicating bitters or beverage within this…
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