Kelly v. Hughes

This appeal involves the sufficiency of a complaint to recover damages under the Dram Shop Act.

In Count I, plaintiff, Mary Louise Kelly, alleged that she was injured when the motor vehicle which she was operating collided with a vehicle operated by an intoxicated person, and she asked damages of $15,000 against the defendants, who were owners and operators of various taverns charged with having sold liquor to the driver of the other vehicle. Plaintiff further alleged that she had been supporting her parents and that they had paid her medical expenses. She expressly excluded from her cause of…