Case Name: Grimm, Plaintiff in error, vs. The State, Defendant in error
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1924-11-11
Citations: 185 Wis. 145
Docket Number: 
Parties: Grimm, Plaintiff in error, vs. The State, Defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 145–145

Head Matter:
Grimm, Plaintiff in error, vs. The State, Defendant in error.
October 18
November 11, 1924.
Intoxicating liquors: Violation of prohibition law: Evidence: Sufficiency.
In this case the evidence is held sufficient to sustain a finding that a bartender who sold intoxicating liquor was the agent of the defendant, p. 145.
Error to review a judgment of the municipal court of Milwaukee county: A. C. Backus, Judge.
Affirmed.
A. W. Richter of Milwaukee, for the plaintiff in error.
For the defendant in error there was a brief by the Attorney General, Eugene W eng art, district attorney of Milwaukee county, and JohnP. Donnelly, assistant district attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Donnelly.

Opinion:
Rosenberry, J.
The testimony shows without dispute that the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was the owner and licensee of a so'ft-drink parlor in the city of Milwaukee. On November 24, 1923, two police officers entered the place and bought of the bartender, in the presence of the defendant, a soft drink. They asked for a "shot." The bartender then, in the presence of the defendant, served them two drinks, which they poured into a bottle. The fluid so served is admitted to be intoxicating liquor. Thereafter the bartender took the bill which was tendered him in payment for the drinks, and left it upon the bar, all of these transactions occurring in the defendant's presence. It is claimed that the evidence is' not sufficient to sustain a finding that the bartender was defendant's agent. We think the contention is wholly without merit.
By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.