Camille v. Berry Fertilizers, Inc.

Plaintiffs appeal from the order of the trial court which dismissed with prejudice a complaint seeking damages under “An Act relating to alcoholic liquors,” more commonly referred to as the Dramshop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 43, par. 135).

The order for dismissal found that the legislative purpose of the statute was to regulate the liquor trade, that the defendants were not engaged in such business, and that the liquor was served to plaintiffs’ decedent as an incident to a social occasion.

The substance of the complaint is that the corporate defendants sponsored a “chicken fry” for guests…