Johnson v. St. Charles Municipal Liquor Store

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of respondent on appellant’s claim for personal injuries based on respondent’s negligence in having served liquor to him when he was intoxicated, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. We affirm.

FACTS

Respondent St. Charles Municipal Liquor Store (liquor store) is owned and operated by respondent city of St. Charles, Minnesota. In 1972 a local St. Charles lumber company, acting as an independent contractor, remodeled the liquor store. Aside from the present action, there have been no reports of any injuries suffered as…