McClure v. Lence

This is a suit under the Illinois Dram Shop Act, par. 135, ch. 43, Ill. Bev. St. [1951; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 68.042], The complaint alleged that the deaths of plaintiffs’ decedents were caused by intoxicated persons, whose intoxication was caused by liquor sold to them by the defendant. Also, that the decedents were riding in an automobile with the intoxicated persons, who drove the car onto a railroad crossing, and there stopped, where it was struck by a train operated by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Bailroad Company. The deaths of the decedents resulted therefrom and thereby plaintiffs were…