Albrecht v. Walker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Edwin S. Belaud, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by Mary L. Walker against Jacob Albrecht, to recover damages for the sale of intoxicating liquor to the plaintiff’s husband by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Bureau county, rendered in an action on the case, in which Mary L. Walker was plaintiff, and Jacob Albrecht defendant, brought under section 5 of the act of 1872, called the Liquor Law.
There was a trial by jury, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff, of two thousand dollars, for which the court, refusing a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment, to reverse which defendant appeals.
Appellant was a brewer of beer, and, in that occupation, aided the farmers who raised barley and hops, and contributed, by the heavy taxes paid to the…
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