French v. De Moss

Defendant in error sued plaintiff in error for damages for personal injuries charged to be due to the negligence of the plaintiff in error. The negligence alleged was the act of plaintiff in' error in selling defendant in error poisonous antiseptic tablets (when she requested harmless acetanilid headache tablets), one of which she swallowed, and as a result of which she became dangerously and nearly fatally ill, was confined in bed for a period of three weeks, unable to perform her duties as mistress of a boarding house for about four months, and from which she had not entirely recovered at…