Shelton v. Woolsey

JUDGE CARROLL

delivered the opinion of the court.

Joe Ray Shelton, a minor, by his next friend, brought this action under the Dramshop Act to recover damages for injuries allegedly caused by an intoxicated person who had been served liquor by defendants.

Suit was filed one year and one day after the cause of action accrued. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the same was not filed within the one year limitation prescribed by the Act. The Circuit Court sustained the motion and upon judgment being entered for defendants, this appeal was prosecuted by plaintiff.

The…