National Pressure Cooker Co. v. Stroeter

WILKERSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff (appellee here) recovered a judgment for damages resulting from the explosion of a steam pressure cooker sold by defendant (appellant here). The complaint charges that in the booklet furnished with the cooker it was represented that this kind of cookers had been tested, approved, and indorsed by efficiency experts; that the cooker was a simple household utensil, easy to use, and that any kind of cooking except broiling could be done in it; that, while the plaintiff was using it in strict conformity to the regulations prescribed for its use, it exploded ;…