Danley v. Hibbard

The Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed a judgment for $1000 and costs recovered by appellee, against appellants, in the circuit court of Hancock county, in a suit for damages under section 9 of the Dram-shop act, caused by the selling and giving of intoxicating liquors to appellee’s adult son, Robert W. Hibbard, resulting in his habitual intoxication and pauperism and imposing upon the appellee the statutory duty of supporting him, in the performance of which duty she expended her own means and property.

The trial court overruled defendants’ motion in arrest of judgment, and error…