Legal Opinion

Wiedeman v. Keller

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 22, 1895PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Trespass on the Case.—Sale of unwholesome pork. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge; presiding. Submitted at the March term, 1895, of this court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal question discussed by counsel in this case is whether a regular retail dealer in provisions for consumption must be held to warrant that the goods he so sells are sound and wholesome, notwithstanding the defective character of the articles is unknown to him and could not have been discovered except by the use of extraordinary care, and notwithstanding that the goods so sold had been duly inspected by an officer of the health department of the city of Chicago and pronounced free from taint; the vendee having…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Moses v. MeadCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
  2. Craft v. Parker, Webb & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Friend v. Childs Dining Hall Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  2. Sheffer v. WilloughbyIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Cushing v. RodmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
  4. McPherson v. Capuano & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  5. Greenwood v. John R. Thompson Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1919

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