Neuerberg v. Gaulter

Action on the case commenced by appellee under the “ Dram-shop, Act,” to recover damages for an injury to her means of support, by the killing of her husband on the track of the Chicago and Alton Bailroad, while intoxicated by liquor sold to him, as alleged, by some of the appellants.

The law under which this action was brought, provides that every wife who shall be injured in person or property or means of support in consequence of the intoxication of any person, shall have a right of action in her own name, severally or jointly, against any person or persons who shall, by selling or giving…