Hartnett v. Boston Store

Mr. Chile Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal granted on a certificate of importance-by the Appellate Court for the First District from a judgment- of that court affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in an action on the case brought by Mary Hartnett, appellant, against the Boston Store of Chicago,, appellee, to recover damages alleged to have resulted from a violation of an ordinance of the city of Chicago which forbids the sale of fire-arms to minors. The judgment was in favor of the defendant and was entered on a verdict of the jury…