Hartnett v. Boston Store

Plaintiff in error seeks to have reversed a-judgment for the defendant on a directed verdict in an action brought to recover damages for injuries caused, as alleged, by the sale of a gun by the defendant to a minor, contrary to the provisions of a city ordinance, which forbids under penalty the sale of firearms to minors.

The declaration sets out á .municipal ordinance of the city of Chicago, which provides that “no person shall sell, loan or furnish to any minor, any gun, pistol or other firearm,” and that defendant negligently and carelessly, and in violation of the ordinance, sold a gun to…