Hall v. Rankin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wayne District Court. — Hon. W. H. Ted-ford, Judge. Action to recover damages of the defendant, a druggist, for selling and putting up carbolic acid instead of spirits of niter, by reason of which mistake the acid was given to the plaintiff’s mare, causing her death. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
The plaintiff claims that in April, 1890, he purchased of the defendant, a registered pharmacist, two ounces of spirits of niter; that the defendant carelessly and negligently gave him, instead, two ounces of carbolic acid in a bottle labeled “Spirits of Niter;” that, relying upon the proficiency of the defendant as a pharmacist,- and without negligence on his own part, he administered to his mare a part of the contents of the said bottle, from the effects of which she died. In an amendment to his petition, he avers that he took an empty bottle to defendant, which was then labeled “Spirits of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- In re Will of NormanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
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