Legal Opinion
Town of City of Champaign v. Overmeyer's Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 3, 1958No. Gen. 10,179PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE ROETH
delivered the opinion of the court.
The question involved in this appeal is a narrow and limited one. It is so conceded by both parties.
The plaintiff is a township. It commenced an action under the 1955 Amendment of the Dramshop Act, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, Chap. 43, Section 135, against the defendant dramshop keeper claiming that it was injured in its property.
The defendant filed a motion to dismiss, assigning as the sole and only ground for dismissal the following:
“The Town of the City of Champaign is not a proper plaintiff within the purview of the Illinois Dramshop…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. GerinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1956
- Eager v. NathanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
- Towers v. SchullAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Colorado Civil Rights Commission Ex Rel. Ramos v. Regents of the University of ColoradoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Yu v. ClaytonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- People v. RubergAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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