McCann v. Roach

Citations

• 81 Ill. 213

Syllabus

<p>Istoxicatikg liquors—evidence as to pecuniary condition of husband in suit by wife. In a suit by a wife against one for selling or giving intoxicating liquor to her husband, when the proof showed the wife had no property to he injured, and that the family was reasonably well provided for, and that she suffered no serious injury to her person from the intoxication of her husband, it was held error to admit evidence of the value of the estate of the husband before the liquor law took effect, and the reduced condition of his pecuniary affairs at the time of the trial.</p>