Poole v. Lansden
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Union county; the Hon. William N. Butler, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This is a suit of trespass on the case, brought under the provisions of the “Dram Shop Act” (J. & A. If4609) by appellee, to recover damages on account of the death of her husband, caused by his intoxication, which intoxication is alleged to have been produced by sales of liquor made to him by appellant.
The declaration, which consists of one count, charged that the defendant on the 20th day of August, 1910, in Tamms, in the county of Alexander, was then and there the keeper of the dramshop, and that on said day sold and gave to one Edward Poole, the husband of Martha J. Poole, plaintiff,…
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