Defore v. Bourjois, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
This appeal is from .a judgment for defendants after the trial court gave the affirmative charge with hypothesis in their favor, and from the order overruling plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
Appellant, who lived in Birmingham, received a bottle of Evening, in Paris perfume as a gift at Christmas time. The perfume was purchased in Montgomery. Later, when she started to open the bottle, there was a slight explosion, the bottle broke and her hand was cut and bled profusely.
The original complaint was against appellant Bourjois, a foreign corporation, Montgomery Fair, a…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Leavitt v. Fiberloid Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Poplar v. Bourjois, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Lunsford v. DietrichSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottling Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
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