Ozment v. Lance

JUSTICE WELCH,

specially concurring:

In analyzing the plaintiff’s cause of action under the Marion liquor control ordinance, the majority observes that the minor was not employed in violation of that ordinance, which prohibits minors from “drawing, pouring, mixing or serving alcohol.” I do not agree, because I believe that the term “serving” is broad enough to proscribe the conduct of the plaintiff in bringing beer to the motel room. See Hensen v. City of Chicago (1953), 415 Ill. 564, 570, 114 N.E.2d 778, 782; Webster’s Third New International Dictionary 2075, “serve,” definition 5b (1961).

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