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MESSA v. SULLIVAN

Gen. No. 49,893.

61 Ill. App.2d 386 (1965)

209 N.E.2d 872

Betty Messa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Sullivan, Keyman's Club, a Not for Profit Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied September 7, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Richard E. Mueller and John F. O'Meara, of counsel), for appellants.

Lowell Myers, of Chicago, for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Betty Messa brought this action against James Sullivan, Helen Sullivan and the Keyman's Club, an Illinois not for profit corporation, to recover damages for the bodily injuries which she sustained as the result of being bitten by the defendants' dog. The complaint was based on two theories: first, a common law action for the keeping of a vicious animal...

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