Barrango v. Hinckley Rendering Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries caused by a needle in a bar of soap given to the plaintiff, acting for her mother, by the defendant in exchange for some bones. Writ dated March 20, 1916. In the Superior Court the action was tried before White, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence for-the plaintiff, the presiding judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of tort tq recover for personal injuries, received by the plaintiff while using a bar of soap in which a needle had become embedded. The plaintiff, a minor, acting as agent for her mother, exchanged with the defendant’s employee “a dish of bones” for the soap in which the needle was concealed.
The defendant operated a rendering plant in Somerville and sent out its drivers and teams and collected soap grease, giving in payment therefor soap which it kept in large quantities in boxes *94at its factory. The defendant does not make soap from the grease which it purchases, nor does…
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