MacLehan v. Loft Candy Stores, Inc.

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

Miss Kathleen MacLehan brought this suit against the Loft Candy Stores, Inc., claiming damages of $2,373 for physical pain and suffering and medical expenses which is alleged to have resulted from her having eaten a portion of a mince pie that she had bought from one of defendant’s confectionary stores.

Defendant, 'in its answer, denied any knowledge concerning the alleged purchase of the pie from it, but averred that, if plaintiff did purchase the pie, it was entirely fit for human consumption, having been manufactured out of the best ingredients under modern and sanitary…