Hackett v. Smelsley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Mary E. Smelsiev, against Michael Hackett, James Keefe, Philip Beibsame, John Selbach, Charles Weifel, Franz S. Batteiger and Andrew Rothfres.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Moultrie county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Mary E. Smelsiev, against Michael Hackett, James Keefe, Philip Beibsame, John Selbach, Charles Weifel, Franz S. Batteiger and Andrew Rothfres. The plaintiff’s declaration was, substantially, in the following form: For that, whereas, the plaintiff, before and on the 5th day of July, A. D. 1872, was the wife of one George Smelsley, and so continued to be until the time of his death, as hereinafter mentioned, to-wit: in the county of Macon, and State of Illinois;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was a suit, brought by appellee, the AvidoAv of George Smelsley, deceased, in the Macon circuit court, against appellants, seven in number, under the act of 1872, concerning the sale of intoxicating liquors, to recover damages for injury to her means of support.
The declaration, containing but one count, alleges that, prior to and on the 5th day of July, 1872, the deceased husband of appellee, George Smelsley, Avas a manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes; that from the income of his business he supported his wife and only child comfortably; that defendants, who were…
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