Legal Opinion
Schroder v. Crawford
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1880PublishedCited by 37 opinions
•Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; the Hon. Ci-iahncey L. Higbee, presiding Justice, anti the Hon. Lyman Lacey and Hon. Oliver L. Davis, Justices.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
On the night of May 6, 1876, James T. Crawford was killed by a train of cars on the track of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, between the city of Bloomington and the town of Normal, in this State.
"Virginia F. Crawford, his widow, brought this action under the Dram Shop act, to recover damages for injury to her means of support from such déath, the declaration alleging it to have been caused in consequence of the intoxication of decedent, and the action being against certain keepers of dram shops in Bloomington as having furnished the liquor which caused the intoxication, and the owners…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hackett v. SmelsleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Shugart v. EganIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Emory v. AddisIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
3Cited by37 opinions
- Mead v. . StrattonNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Gran v. HoustonNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- Hyba v. C. A. Horneman, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1939
- Casey v. BurnsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
- Dillon v. NathanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1956
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