McCLURE v. LENCE

Term No. 52-O-11.

349 Ill. App. 341 (1953)

110 N.E.2d 695

Russell McClure, Bertha M. McClure, Gladys Lynn, and Mabel Claxton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank Lence, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication March 4, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.W. HARRIS, of Marion, and FORD L. RENDLEMAN, of Anna, for appellants.

R. WALLACE KARRAKER, of Jonesboro, and HAROLD N. LINGLE, of Anna, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SCHEINEMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit under the Illinois Dram Shop Act, par. 135, ch. 43, Ill. Rev. St. [1951; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 68.042]. The complaint alleged that the deaths of plaintiffs' decedents were caused by intoxicated persons, whose intoxication was caused by liquor sold to them by the defendant. Also, that the decedents were riding in an automobile with the intoxicated persons, who drove the car onto a railroad crossing...

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