Miles v. National Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court lor St. Lords county by the daughter of James P. Miles, deceased, to recover $3,000 for the death of her father.
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Action in tbe district court lor St. Lords county by the daughter of James P. Miles, deceased, to recover $3,000 for the death of her father. The case was tried ‘before Hughes, J., who at the close of the testimony denied the motion of defendant National Surety Company for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff had not introduced facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against the principal upon the bond and the surety, and a jury which returned a verdict for $600. The motion of defendants for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied. From the judgment entered…
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
The defendant National Surety Company was' surety for Frank Steblaj, an Eveleth saloonkeeper, on the bond required by statute, G. S. 1913, §§ 3116, 3117. On October 13, 1917, a man named John Shalka was in the Steblaj saloon. He was intoxicated, but nevertheless Steblaj continued to furnish him with liquor. There was evidence that he threatened to attack a man in the saloon and only desisted at the command of Steblaj, and that thereafter he was supplied with more liquor. At this juncture plaintiff’s father, James P. Miles, entered the saloon and in a *189few minutes there was a verbal…
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- Posch v. Lion Bonding & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
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