Burkman v. Jamieson

Citations

• 25 Wash. 606
• 66 P. 48
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 439

Syllabus

<p>1NTOXICATING LIQUORS — INJURIES FROM SALE — LIABILITY OF LESSOR —RIGHT OF ACTION AGAINST TENANT.</p> <p>Where a lessor of premises has been compelled to pay a judgment for damages against him by reason of the injuries resulting from the sale by his tenant of intoxicating liquors on the leased premises, under Bal. Code, §§ 2945, 2947, which provide that the owner or lessor of premises wherein intoxicating liquors are kept for sale shall be severally and jointly liable with the person selling for injuries to person or property or means of support caused to another by reason thereof; and any owner or lessor of real estate, who shall pay any money on account of such liability, for any act of his tenant, may, in a civil action, recover of the tenant the moneys paid, a lessor who has been compelled to pay a judgment against himself for the act of a tenant has no right of action against his tenant, when the latter had not been made a party to the original action fixing the liability of the lessor.</p>