Cox v. Hrasky

Rosa Lee Cox, appellee, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, brought this action against Louis Hrasky, Genofefa Hrasky, and Alvina Vlcek, appellants, hereinafter referred to as defendants, to recover damages to her means of support, under what is commonly known as the Dram Shop Act.

The suit arises out of the killing of Mose Cox, husband of plaintiff, by one E. C. Hill, which took place in a tavern located on the corner of Third and Winstanley Streets, in East St. Louis, Illinois, on the 30th of January, 1941. The building was owned by defendants Hrasky, and the tavern was being operated by…