Wiedow v. Carpenter

This is an action under the Dram Shop Act. (Ch. 43, par. 135, § 14, art. 6, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 68.042].) Upon trial by a jury plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for $20,000 against Ellen Alden Carpenter, the owner of the premises and Landmore Liquor Company, a corporation, which operated the dram shop, and Sigurd Erickson, the assailant who injured plaintiff. The first two named defendants appeal.

It is conceded that Ellen Alden Carpenter on November 14, 1938, the date of the instant occurrence, owned the property at 1046 Leland avenue, in Chicago; that defendant…