Tayer v. York Ice MacHinery Corp.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at September Term, 1937, December 17, 1937; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled May 3, 1938; motion to grant a rehearing and to transfer to Court en Banc filed; motion overruled at May Term, 1938, August 17, 1938. Action in tort, founded on negligence, against the manufacturer of a chattel. The manufacturer, York Ice Machinery Corporation, appeals from a $10,000 judgment in favor of Ethlyn Tayer for the wrongful death of Milford Tayer, her husband.

Appellant stood upon its demurrer to the evidence at the close of respondent's case.

The York Company sold to John…