Farrell v. Drees
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ooonto County. The defendant John B. Drees was a licensed saloon -keeper in the town of Pesht-igo, having given the bond required by sec. 1, ch. 127, Laws of 1872. The defendant Edward Drees and another were his sureties in such bond. There is an alleged defect in the bond, but it is not material to the decision of the case.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ooonto County. The defendant John B. Drees was a licensed saloon -keeper in the town of Pesht-igo, having given the bond required by sec. 1, ch. 127, Laws of 1872. The defendant Edward Drees and another were his sureties in such bond. There is an alleged defect in the bond, but it is not material to the decision of the case. This is an action on the bond, brought by a married woman; and the breach alleged is, that she has been injured in her person, property, and means of support, because of the sale of intoxicating liquors by the said John B. Drees to her…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
Ch. 127, Laws of 1872, under which the bond in suit was given, was repealed by cli. 179, Laws of 1874, before the present action was tried.
The plaintiff’s right of action was given by the former act, and depended entirely upon it. In Dillon v. Linder, 36 Wis., 344, we held, after much consideration, that all rights of action given by, and all actions brought under, the act of 1872, which had not proceeded to final judgment before the repeal of that act, fell with such repeal. This decision, the correctness of which we have never doubted, rules the present case. The fact that this action is…
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