Legal Opinion

Clowry v. Holmes

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 29, 1912No. Gen. No. 14,800Published

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. J. B. Newcomer, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1910.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.

Under the provisions of section 9 of the Act of March 30, 1874, commonly called the Dram-Shop Act, the plaintiffs in this case, Annie L. Clowry, wife of John J. Clowry, and Genevieve Clowry, John Clowry and Fern Clowry, minor children of said John J. Clowry and Annie. L. Clowry, on June 13, 1908, recovered in the Municipal Court of Chicago, on the verdict of a jury, a judgment for one thousand dollars and costs against the defendants, James Holmes and the Fortune Brothers Brewing Company. To reverse this judgment the said…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hackett v. SmelsleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Freese v. TrippIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. BrubakerIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Scott v. BassettIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Horn v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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