Wendt v. Myers

We granted leave to appeal from the judgment of the appellate court (17 Ill. App. 3d 230), which reversed the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County allowing defendant’s motion for summary judgment in an action for damages under the Liquor Control Act.

Plaintiff, Ethel Wendt, as administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, filed a complaint against Henrietta Myers as operator and licensee of a tavern known as Elm Inn and against Lakeview Trust and Savings Bank as trustee under Trust No. 2348, which held title to the premises. The complaint alleged that plaintiff’s husband had…