Supreme Court of Arkansas December 24, 1898 (Gage v. Harvey)

Battle, J.

The question in this case is, can one who becomes intoxicated upon liquor sold to him in„a saloon or dram-shop by the keeper thereof or his agents, and thereby incapacitated to hold and take care of his money, and who, while in that condition, loses it by having it forcibly or without his knowledge or consent taken from his pockets by some person, maintain an action against the keeper