Beckett v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

The plaintiff, Phyllis Beckett, filed a complaint in the superior court of Cook county against the defendant, the F. W. Woolworth Co., seeking damages for breach of an express warranty alleged to have been made by the defendant incident to the sale to her of a cosmetic or toilet preparation known as “Pinaud’s '612’ Creamy Mascara.” Plaintiff charged that the defendant warranted this preparation was pure, harmless, free from any poisonous substance or germs, and that it was fit and proper for the purpose of coloring and blackening her eyelashes. Answering, the defendant denied the material…