Kluger v. Gallett

Peterson, Justice.

The sole issue of substance in this appeal is the interpretation and application of the Civil Damage Act. Minn. St. 340.95 provides :

“Every * * * person who is injured in person or property * * * by any intoxicated person * * * has a right of action, in his own name, against any person who, by illegally selling, bartering or giving intoxicating liquors, caused the intoxication of such person, for all damages, sustained * *

On the evening of July 28, 1967, defendant Daniel L. Gallett, then a 24-year-old college student, was a patron on the premises of defendant Thorndike Cafe,…