Johnson v. Gram
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the Case, under section 9 of the “ dram shop act.” Error to the Circuit Court of Warren County; the Hon. Hiram Bigelow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1897. Reversed and remanded. Opinion filed December 17, 1897.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Crabtree
delivered the opinion of the Court. •
This was an action on the case brought by plaintiff in error against defendants in error, to recover damages for injury to her means of support, occasioned by the death of her husband, William Johnson, while in a state of intoxication, caused, as it is alleged, in whole or in part by liquors sold or given by defendants in error, who were dram shop keepers in the city of Monmouth, on the 20th day of July} 1893.
There was a trial by jury and verdict in favor of plaintiff in error for $275. Being dissatisfied with the amount of…
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