Legal Opinion

Kennedy Bros. v. Sullivan

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1891PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McHenry county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

This was case, by Hannah Sullivan, the appellee, against appellants, who were the keepers of dram-shops, for selling and giving away intoxicating liquors to Cornelius Sullivan, her husband, which caused his intoxication and death, where'by she was injured in her means of support. The result of a jury trial was verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for 11800 damages, and that judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Second District. The judgments below have eliminated from the case the claims of appellants that the evidence did not sustain the verdict, and that the damages…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lowry v. CosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Aladdin Mfg. Co. v. Mantle Lamp Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
  2. Betting v. HobbettIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Earp v. LillyIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Campbell v. HarmonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1901
  5. Pisa v. HolyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904

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