West Disinfecting Co. v. Plummer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated the facts as follows: This action was brought by tbe plaintiff, William H. Plummer, against tbe West Disinfecting Company for damages, with a declaration in six counts. These were reduced to two counts by an amendment.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a judgment of tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated the facts as follows: This action was brought by tbe plaintiff, William H. Plummer, against tbe West Disinfecting Company for damages, with a declaration in six counts. These were reduced to two counts by an amendment. Tbe first charge that tbe defendant was a manufacturing chemist making and selling certain disinfectants, and that on August 1, 1913, plaintiff purchased for his proprietor a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Si-iepard
Errors are assigned as follows:
That the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant at the end of the plaintiff’s case, upon the ground that the acts of the defendant complained of were not the proximate cause of the injury of the plaintiff, and upon the further ground that there was no privity of contract between the plaintiff and the defendant herein.. The ether assignments are on granting the plaintiff’s first and second prayer and refusing the defendant’s prayers, and for overruling the defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment.
1. The first assignment of error based upon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. DeselmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- Marguerite Jamieson v. Woodward & LothropCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Evelyn M. Edwards, Administratrix of the Estate of Rolf S. Edwards, Deceased v. Mazor Masterpieces, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Evelyn M. Edwards, Administratrix of the Estate of Rolf S. Edwards, Deceased v. Mazor Masterpieces, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961