Yonkus v. McKay

This is an action under the so-called civil-damage act by means of which the plaintiff, a girl 13- years of age, seeks to recover damages from the two individual defendants who are saloon keepers, and the corporate surety upon their bonds. It is her claim that on the evening of November 17, 1913, she suffered serious physical injuries at the hands of her father who assaulted her while he was in a drunken condition. It is further claimed by her that the condition of drunkenness in which her father was at the time of the alleged assault was contributed to by both of the individual defendants to…