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Intoxicating Liquors - Presumption Of Intoxicating Quality
Intoxicating Liquors - Presumption Of Intoxicating Quality
Michigan Law Review
The defendant sold at his sandwich stand what was agreed to be a malt beverage commonly known as 3.2 beer. A statute made it unlawful for any person to sell "any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented or other intoxicating liquors." In an action to enjoin the maintaining of a liquor nuisance the trial judge held that as the -defendant sold a malt liquor, the sale was a violation of the statute, and refused to admit evidence that the beer was not intoxicating as a matter of fact. On appeal, the supreme court of Kansas held, that while beer is presumed …
Sales - Implied Warranty Of Fitness - Restaurateur
Sales - Implied Warranty Of Fitness - Restaurateur
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, proprietor of a hotel and dining room, served unwholesome food to the plaintiff who became ill as a result of its impurity. The plaintiff sued for the damages resulting from his illness, on the theory that there was an implied warranty that the food was fit for human consumption. Held, the serving of food for immediate consumption on the premises was not a "sale" within the Uniform Sales Act, and therefore there was no warranty attached under the terms of the Act, and there was no implied warranty of fitness of food so served at common law. Lynch …