Tipton v. Schuler
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, under the dram-shop act. Error to the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
Plaintiff in error brought suit under the dram-shop act against Henry Schuler, a saloon keeper, and Amos Hut-ledge, the owner of the building in which the saloon was kept, to recover for injuries to her means of support occasioned by the selling to her husband of liquor, whereby he became intoxicated and sat down upon the railroad track of the C., C., C. & St. L. R. R. Co., where he was injured by' being struck by a passing train. There was a trial by jury resulting in a finding and judgment in favor of the defendants.
The only ground upon which a reversal is asked, is the error of the court…
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