Baker v. Hannan

Appellants, Clifford Baker and Joan Simpson, appeal from the dismissal of their action as against defendants in this cause, as the result of the granting of a motion for directed verdict by the Circuit Court of St. Clair County. The action was brought under the Illinois Dram Shop Act for damages for personal injuries received in an automobile collision as the result of the alleged intoxication of one Boland Isslehardt. The evidence disclosed that the plaintiffs went to the taverns named as defendants on the evening of April 25, 1958 and drank in one tavern (Cotton’s and Porky’s Tavern) where…