Ross v. Ross

*116Otis, Justice.

The question for decision is whether persons who are not in the business of selling intoxicating liquor are liable under the Civil Damage Act, Minn. St. 340.95, for furnishing liquor to a minor, proximately causing his death. We hold that defendants are liable and affirm.

The facts are undisputed. On July 13, 1967, defendant-appellant Delmar Ross and defendant Joel Owen Johnson 1 purchased liquor for Delmar’s 19-year-old brother, Rodney Alan Ross, which, as the jury found, resulted in Rodney’s becoming intoxicated. By special verdict, the jury also found that Rodney’s…