Legal Opinion
Morton v. Roth
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1915No. Docket No. 97PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Error to Muskegon; Sullivan, J. Case by Benjamin M. Morton against Henry Roth and another for unlawful sales of liquor to a minor whereby plaintiff claimed to have suffered personal injuries. Judgment for defendants on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The statute (2 Comp. Laws, § 5398; 2 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] § 5074) provides.that:
“Every wife, child, parent, guardian, husband, or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support or otherwise, by any intoxi*199cated person or by reason of the intoxication of any person, or by reason of the selling, giving or furnishing any spirituous, intoxicating, fermented, or malt liquors, to any person, shall have a right of action in his or her own name, against any person or persons who shall, by gelling or giving any intoxicating or malt liquor, have caused or contributed to the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brooks v. CookMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
- Reget v. BellIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Thomas v. DansbyMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Rosecrants v. ShoemakerMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Engleken v. HilgerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Todd v. BiglowMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- Mitchell v. Shoals, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Craig v. LarsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1989
- Kangas v. SuchorskiMichigan Supreme Court · 1964
- Aanenson v. BastienNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
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