HUDSON v. LEVERENZ

Gen. No. 10,026.

9 Ill. App.2d 96 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 427

Mildred Hudson, Sharon Kay Hudson, by Mildred Hudson, Her Mother and Next Friend, David Lee Hudson, by Mildred Hudson, His Mother and Next Friend, and Michael Edward Hudson, by Mildred Hudson, His Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Don Leverenz, d/b/a Don's Tavern, Stanley R. Smith, d/b/a Smitty's Tavern, Frank Davison, d/b/a Davison's Tavern, Rita Pinder, Mary Connor, and Harold Connor, d/b/a Top Hat, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied March 12, 1956.

Released for publication March 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Sebat & Swanson, and Mann, Stifler & Snyder, all of Danville, and Ray F. Dobbins, and Dobbins & Fraker, all of Champaign, for defendants-appellants.

Ryan and Austin, of Mattoon, for plaintiffs-appellees; Willis P. Ryan, and Harlan Heller, both of Mattoon, of counsel.


JUDGE REYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal growing out of what is commonly known as a "Dram Shop Case." Suit was brought by Mildred Hudson and her three minor children, Sharon Kay Hudson, David Lee Hudson and Michael Edward Hudson, against Don Leverenz, Mary A. Connor, Stanley R. Smith and Frank Davison, tavern operators, under the Dram Shop statute, for damages growing out of the death of Clinton Lee Hudson, husband of Mildred Hudson and...

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