Holley v. Purity Baking Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Riley, Judge:
W. A. Holley, plaintiff, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Kanawha County this action of trespass on the case against Purity Baking Company, a corporation, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him as the result of eating a portion of a cake made.by defendant, in which a small piece of wire was imbedded. The Common Pleas Court entered a judgment for plaintiff in the amount of thirty-five hundred dollars, based upon a jury verdict, to which judgment the Circuit Court of Kanawha County refused a writ of error. The instant writ of error is…
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