DILLON v. NATHAN

Gen. No. 10,909.

10 Ill. App.2d 289 (1956)

135 N.E.2d 136

Beulah Sutton Dillon, and Joan Marie Dillon, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Maurice E. Nathan, d/b/a Arrow Liquor Store; Edward C. Dorr, and William Gernis, d/b/a Second Avenue Tap; Joseph Diverdi, and Sam Saladino, d/b/a 624 Tap; Rockford Mutual Benefit Association; and Keene and Davis, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Robert Eager, d/b/a Eastman Hotel, and Auto-Owners (Mutual) Insurance Company, Intervening Petitioners and Subrogation and Lien Claimants-Appellants, v. Beulah Sutton Dillon and Joan Marie Dillon, and Maurice E. Nathan, d/b/a Arrow Liquor Store; Edward C. Dorr, and William Gernis, d/b/a Second Avenue Tap; Joseph Diverdi, and Sam Saladino, d/b/a 624 Tap; Rockford Mutual Benefit Association; and Keene and Davis, Inc., Plaintiffs and Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied June 20, 1956.

Released for publication June 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knight & Knight, of Rockford, for intervening petitioners and subrogation and lien claimants-appellants; William D. Knight, Jr., of Rockford, of counsel.

Foltz, Haye & Keegan, and Arndt & Wallace, all of Rockford, for plaintiffs-appellees.


JUSTICE CROW delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs, Beulah Sutton Dillon, individually, and Joan Marie Dillon, individually, brought suit October 22, 1954 under the Dram Shop Act (Ch. 43, Ill. Rev. Stats., 1953, par. 135) against certain defendant tavern operators for loss of means of support as a result of the fatal shooting on July 17, 1954 of James Dillon, husband and father, respectively, of the two...

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