Brazil v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from.an order of the district cdurt for Waseca county, Buckham, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $400 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtYanderburgh, J.
The defendant was the proprietor of a saloon in New Bichland, Waseca county. On the 17th day of November, 1887, plaintiff, already partially intoxicated, entered the saloon, where, as the evidence tends to show, he drank whiskey and became helplessly drunk, and was ejected from the saloon by defendant’s servant. Plaintiff was not boisterous, and made no serious resistance. He *213was thrust or pushed through the back door, and was found later in the day lying on his face on the i'ce and frozen ground just over a low platform extending beyond the door-steps, with his leg broken. The evidence tends…
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