HENSON v. JOHNSON

No. 35032.

16 Ill.2d 408 (1959)

158 N.E.2d 27

CHESTER DEAN HENSON et al., Appellees, v. JOHNNIE LEE JOHNSON et al. — (ILLINOIS PUBLIC AID COMMISSION, Intervening Petitioner, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (MADALYN MAXWELL, of counsel,) for appellant.

LAWRENCE B. MOORE, of Paris, and HANSFORD C. MANN, of Terre Haute, Indiana, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought on behalf of several minor children to recover damages for injuries they suffered in an automobile collision. The Illinois Public Aid Commission filed a petition in the case alleging that it was providing public assistance in substantial amounts to Judy Calvert, one of the plaintiffs, at the time of the accident and was continuing to furnish such assistance...

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