Smith v. 601 Liquors, Inc.

This is a personal injury action by a tavern patron against the corporate owner, for injuries alleged to have resulted from an assault by a fellow patron while plaintiff was on defendant’s premises. Defendant appeals from a $20,000 verdict and judgment against it, on the theory that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence, and it was error to deny defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. This is not a Dramshop action.

Plaintiff testified that on April 6, 1959, at approximately 5:30 p. m., he was a customer in a tavern owned and operated by defendant at 601 East 47th…