Hyba v. C. A. Horneman, Inc.

This action was brought by appellants against appellees under the civil damage section of the Dramshop Act (sec. 135, ch. 43, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1937 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 68.042]), which section provides that: 1 ‘ Every husband, wife, child, parent and ... or other person, who shall be injured, in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, ... of any person, shall have a right of action . . . severally or jointly, against any person or persons who shall, . . . have caused the intoxication, in whole or in part, of such person.”

The…