#### Michael Manning v. Ludica Jarnagan.

1. Appellate Coubt Pbactioe—Appellees Must File Briefs.— No brief having been filed, by appellees, the court declines to make an investigation of the merits of the case without assistance, and reverses the judgment pro forma and remands the cause for another trial, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 27.

Trespass on the Case, for injuries to means of support caused by the sale of intoxicating liquors. Appeal trom the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. Thomas M. Shaw, Judge, presiding.

Heard in this court at the May term, 1897.

Reversed and remanded.

Opinion filed September 20, 1897.

F. J. Quinn, attorney for appellant; M. R. Haeeis, of counsel.

Ho appearance for appellee.

Opinion pee Cueiam.

This was a suit by the minor children of Wm. H. Jarnagan, by their mother as their next friend, against appellant *407for injury to their means of support alleged to have been caused by said appellant selling and giving said Wm. H. Jarnagan intoxicating liquors, thereby causing his habitual intoxication. Upon trial, plaintiffs recovered verdict and judgment for one hundred dollars, from which defendant appeals. The record is large and the questions of law and fact, raised and argued by appellant upon the evidence and instructions, are numerous. Ko brief has been tiled’ in behalf of appellees, and we do not feel called upon to make an investigation of the merits of the case without their assistance, but the judgment will be reversed pro forma and the cause remanded for another trial, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 27 of this court. Reversed and remanded.