J. C. Penney Co. v. Scarborough

This appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court of Harrison County awarding damages to appellee for personal injury alleged to have been caused by reason of some harmful or poisonous substance contained in a pair of socks purchased from appellant at its retail store in the City of Gulfport. The socks were purchased by the retailer from a reputable manufacturer, and were sold to appellee by a sales clerk in the store without knowledge that the same were either poisonous, or that they could not be worn by the purchaser without any harmful effect. After the socks had been worn one day,…