Bradford v. Boley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 230, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1893, No. 268, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for loss occasioned by the alleged negligence of defendant, a liquor dealer, in selling liquor to plaintiff’s husband while intoxicated. Before Ewing, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on July 11, 1892, plaintiff’s bus-band, John Bradford, shot and killed Henry Floyd in defendant’s saloon.
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Appeal No. 230, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1893, No. 268, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for loss occasioned by the alleged negligence of defendant, a liquor dealer, in selling liquor to plaintiff’s husband while intoxicated. Before Ewing, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on July 11, 1892, plaintiff’s bus-band, John Bradford, shot and killed Henry Floyd in defendant’s saloon. Bradford was subsequently convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years. The evidence for the plaintiff tended to show…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
This is an action brought by a wife to recover damages for the imprisonment of her husband for the crime of voluntary manslaughter. It is based on section 3 of the act of May 8,1854, which provides that “ any person furnishing intoxicating drinks to any other person in violation of existing laws, or of the provisions of this act, shall be held civilly responsible for any injury to person or property in consequence of such furnishing; and any one aggrieved may recover full damages against such person so furnishing, by action on thk cake instituted in any court…
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