Pearson v. Renfro

This cause is here by an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Winnebago county in favor of the defendants, appellees, on a directed verdict at the close of the testimony for the plaintiffs, appellants, in an action to recover damages under section 14 of article 6 of the Liquor Control Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1941, ch. 43, par. 135 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 68.042].)

The suit was instituted by Robert Pearson, a minor, John Behrens, Jr., the latter’s sister Phyllis, and their respective parents, against the respective proprietors of the Shamrock tavern at Rockford and another tavern at…