People ex rel. Callahan v. DeYoung

Mary Callahan and her three minor children recovered a judgment for $5000 on March 14, 1913, against Frank Hallinan in a suit brought under section 9 of the Dram-shop act for injury to their means of support. They subsequently filed a bill in chancery against John J. Healy under section 10 of the Dram-shop act to charge the judgment as a lien upon the premises in which Hallinan conducted his saloon. At the hearing of the chancery cause the defendant offered no evidence but both parties rested at the conclusion' of the evidence introduced by the complainants. The court sustained motions made…