Taylor v. Wright
Taylor v. Wright
Opinion of the Court
If Pardon Wright, whose death gave rise to the present controversy, was a man of known intemperate habits, and the defendant below, with others, furnished him liquor while intoxicated, and with knowledge of his habits, I do not see why they are not all responsible for the accident which resulted therefrom. In such case, it would be impossible for the jury to say which particular glass of liquor was the proximate cause of his death. Each glass did its share of the work. We do not see, therefore, any error in the answer of the court to the defendant’s third point. As was well said by the learned judge: “ To affirm it just as it stands would be, as we understand it, in effect to make the whole legislation upon this question
Judgment affirmed.
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- FRANK N. TAYLOR v. CLARISSA WRIGHT
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- In a civil action for damages, under § 8, act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 663, charging the defendant with having caused the death of plaintiff’s husband by unlawfully furnishing him with intoxicating liquors, if the jury find that the defendant furnished the deceased with liquors, while intoxicated, with knowledge that ho was a man of known intemperate habits, he is responsible for the resulting injury, even though others furnished him with liquors on the same occasion.