Coleman v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, on a dram shop keeper’s bond. Trial in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Glenn
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of debt brought by appellee on the bond of the appellants, given under and in pursuance of the provisions of the dram shop act, in case of the issuance of a license to keep a dram shop.
The declaration upon which the case was tried contained three counts. They are substantially the same, except in the third count a copy of the bond was set out. In this count it is alleged that the appellant, Thomas Coleman, on the first day of March, 1896, applied for and obtained from the president of the board of trustees of the…
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