Krutsinger v. Illinois Casualty Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HIBBS

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, Lolita Krutsinger, Kenneth Krutsinger and Karen Krutsinger, all minors, by Dolores Krutsinger, their mother and next friend, filed a suit in the Circuit Court of Champaign County on June 2, 1953 against certain tavern owners including Mándel Barnett, Mildred Barnett and Norman Barnett, partners doing business as Piccadilly Liquor Store. The complaint alleged that the defendants were subject to the provisions of the Dram Shop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, Chap. 43, pars. 94 et seq.); that they violated Sec. 131 thereof by…