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ROSS v. ROSS

Nos. 43262, 43330.

200 N.W.2d 149 (1972)

Harvey H. ROSS and Violet E. Ross, Respondents, Rodney Alan Stigney, a minor, by Gloria Stigney Storlie, his mother and natural guardian, and Gloria Stigney Storlie, individually, Respondents, v. Delmar ROSS, Appellant, Joel Owen Johnson, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 14, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meagher, Geer, Markham & Anderson, R. M. Frisbee and O. C. Adamson, II, Minneapolis, for appellant.

William J. Nierengarten, Austin, for Ross.

Wallace C. Sieh, Austin, for Stigney.

Heard and considered en banc.

OTIS, 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 Johnson1 purchased liquor for Delmar's 19-year...

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