Legal Opinion
Village of Brooten, a Municipal Corporation v. Cudahy Packing Company, a Corporation, and the Travelers Indemnity Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1961No. 16367PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
This diversity action is one instituted by Cudahy Packing Company and its liability insurer, The Travelers Indemnity Company, against the Village of Brooten in Stearns County, Minnesota. The Village owns and operates a “liquor store” where it sells intoxicating liquors both “off sale” and “on sale”. The suit rests on the Minnesota Civil Damage (or “dram shop”) Act, now § 340.95 of Minnesota Statutes Annotated. 1 This statute reads:
“Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other person who is injured in person or property, or means of support, by any…
2Cases cited90 opinions
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Rappaport v. NicholsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
- King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Cunningham v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
- Howlett v. DoglioIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Ca 79-2759 City of Carter Lake, a Municipal Corporation in the State of Iowa v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Wendelin v. RussellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Insurance Co. v. DunkelbergerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Northern Grain CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Clements Auto Co. v. Service Bureau Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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