Barnes v. Washington

Jessie Barnes, an incompetent, by his conservator, appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Circuit Court in favor of defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company. The conservator filed a dram shop action against certain defenders for personal injuries sustained by the incompetent. The complaint alleged that Barnes (hereinafter called plaintiff) had been mentally incompetent since birth, and that, while chronologically 43 years of age, he had the mentality of a four year-old. In 1962 the conservator filed an amended complaint adding an additional count and the Wabash Railroad Company as…