Legal Opinion
Gibbons v. Cannaven
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 1946No. 28987. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
This appeal brings up for review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District. It involves a construction of sections 14 and 15 of the Liquor Control Act, passed by the General Assembly and approved on January 31, 1934. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 43, pars. 135 and 136.
On May 7, 1941, Mary Gibbons brought the suit against Jack Cannaven alone, as defendant, in the circuit court of Cook county. The suit was based upon the charges in the complaint that Cannaven, on August 10, 1940, was operating a tavern, or night club, in the city of Chicago; that on that date he sold intoxicating…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Thurlow v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
- Schwuchow v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Almon v. American Carloading Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1942
- People Ex Rel. Yohnka v. KennedyIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
- Kettering v. City of JacksonvilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Graham v. General U.S. Grant Post No. 2665Illinois Supreme Court · 1969
- Nott v. WolffIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- In Re Estate of TomlinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Hornstein v. Illinois Liquor Control CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
- Gibbons v. BrandtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
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