Dowiat v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, on a dram-shop keeper’s bond. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion County: the Hon. Ferdinand Booblwaltbr, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burroughs
This was an action of debt by appellee for the use of Buoy Richardson, upon the dram-shop bond given by appellants when a license was issued by the village of Himrod, in Vermilion county, Illinois, to appellant Peter Dowiat, to keep a dram-shop in that village for three months next ensuing from October 31, 1899.
The case was tried by jury in the Circuit Court of Vermilion County, and resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $3,000 debt and $2,500 damages. Appellants bring the case to this court by appeal, and urge a reversal of that judgment on the grounds that the court…
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