Hansen v. Blevins

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

On the afternoon of May 27, 1958, plaintiff (respondent), while a patron in a bar, owned and operated by defendant (appellant), became involved in an argument with another patron. The defendant, who was tending bar at the time, testified to the altercation as follows:

“A. So, they kept on, and they started cussing, see, so Mr. Hansen started cussing Babe [the other patron], see, and called him names, so I said, ‘Here. We can’t have that in my place,’ you see, so I asked them to, you know, to quieten - down, so thay quietened down, and the first thing I knew they started…