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People v. Ridgeway Drug Company

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Feb 14, 1945
324 Ill. App. 585 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)

Opinion

Gen. No. 43,260. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed February 14, 1945 Released for publication March 5, 1945

DRUGS AND DRUGGISTS, § 10sale of patent or proprietary medicines in original packages by persons other than pharmacists. Sale of aspirin and rocelle salt in original unbroken packages by person other than registered pharmacist does not constitute violation of Pharmacy Act, since Act does not contemplate prohibiting sale of patent or proprietary medicines, not containing opium or coca leaves, by persons other than registered pharmacists, when they are sold in original and unbroken packages (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, ch. 91, pars. 36, 37; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 101.01, 101.02).

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Error to the County Court of Cook county; the Hon, RUSSELL W. KEENEY, Judge, presiding.

Judgment reversed. Heard in the third division, first district, this court at the October term, 1944.

John D. Vosnos, for plaintiff in error; Thomas J. Courtney, State's Attorney, for defendant in error; Edward E. Wilson, John T. Gallagher, Melvin S. Rembe and Joseph A. Pope, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed February 14, 1945; released for publication March 5, 1945.


Summaries of

People v. Ridgeway Drug Company

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Feb 14, 1945
324 Ill. App. 585 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)
Case details for

People v. Ridgeway Drug Company

Case Details

Full title:People of State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Ridgeway Drug Company…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Feb 14, 1945

Citations

324 Ill. App. 585 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)
59 N.E.2d 351

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