Coy v. Cutting

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an action under our civil-damage statute (R. S. 21-2150), in which plaintiff seeks to recover for the loss of her means of support in consequence of the intoxication of her husband produced by Jamaica ginger sold him by defendant. The trial court sustained a demurrer to her evidence, and she has appealed.

Briefly stated, the petition alleged that plaintiff is the wife of J. P. Coy, upon whom she was dependent for her means of support and from whose labors and personal earnings she received her support; that early in March, 1930, he…