PRESIDING JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action under the Dramshop Act (Ch. 43, § 135, et seq., Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949), by a widow, to recover damages for loss of support as a consequence of the intoxication and death of her husband, whom she shot and killed. The verdict and judgment were for plaintiff for $10,000. Defendants have appealed.
The defendants pose the issue here dramatically as follows: "As a matter of law it...
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