Schmidt v. Driscoll Hotel, Inc.

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Plaintiff, Herbert G. Schmidt, a minor, instituted this action by his mother and natural guardian, Matie T. Schmidt, against the Driscoll Hotel, Inc., doing business as The Hook-Em-Cow Bar and Cafe in South St. Paul, for damages alleged to have resulted from defendant’s illegal sale of intoxicants to one John Sorrenson.

The complaint alleged that defendant illegally sold intoxicating liquors to Sorrenson to the extent of causing him to become intoxicated in defendant’s establishment in South St. Paul so that shortly thereafter, as a proximate result thereof, plaintiff…