Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Keller

This was an action brought by appellee against appellant for damages for the loss of sheep alleged to have been killed by feeding them a certain stock food called “Moorman’s GroFat” which was manufactured by appellant, and sold by him to appellee for feeding to his stock. The negligence charged was careless mixing of blue vitriol, a poison, in the stock food.

Appellant filed a demurrer to the complaint for insufficiency of facts pleaded, in which he objected to the complaint because it did not negative contributory negligence. The demurrer was overruled, whereupon appellant filed an answer of…