New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Gerin
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE KILEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a Dram Shop action by the New Amsterdam Casualty Company and the Norwood Hotel Corporation for use of New Amsterdam. Motions to' dismiss were sustained and judgment entered in favor of defendants. Plaintiffs have appealed.
Plaintiffs alleged that defendant tavern operators gave or sold liquor to defendant Gerin, causing his intoxication, and"“while so intoxicated, or in the alternative, in consequence of and as a proximate result” thereof, he, when a guest at the Norwood Hotel, set fire to the building causing injury to other guests, who…
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