Catani v. Swift & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 339, Jan. T., 3914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1911, No. 545, for defendant n. o. v., in case of Agnes Catani v. Swift & Company. Trespass to recover damages for tbe death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Woodward, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,000. The court- subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 339, Jan. T., 3914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1911, No. 545, for defendant n. o. v., in case of Agnes Catani v. Swift & Company. Trespass to recover damages for tbe death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Woodward, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,000. The court- subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in entering judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
This was an action of trespass by plaintiff to recover damages for the death of her husband which resulted from eating unwholesome and diseased pork slaughtered by defendant in the State of Missouri and shipped to its distributing house at the Borough of Nanticoke in this State and there sold to a dealer and delivered to plaintiff in its original package, which bore the government stamp showing an inspection by United States inspectors. Plaintiff produced evidence that her husband and other members of the family had eaten the pork and all subsequently became ill,…
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