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Hansford's administratrix v. Payne & Co.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 4, 1875PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Case 30 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, chap. 28, secs. 1, 4. General Statutes, chap. 10, p. 179; lb. chap. 57, sec. 3. Shearman & Redfield on Negligence, secs. 290. 291, 18, 14, 293, 300. : 9 Bush, 522, Lon. & Port. Canal Co. v. Murphy’s adm’r. 9 Bush, 732, L., C. & L. R. R. Co. v. Case’s adm’r. 4 Bush, 509, L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Robinson. 2 Duvall, 114, L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Collins. 2 Duvall, 577, Board of Int. Imp.

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Case 30 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, chap. 28, secs. 1, 4. General Statutes, chap. 10, p. 179; lb. chap. 57, sec. 3. Shearman & Redfield on Negligence, secs. 290. 291, 18, 14, 293, 300. : 9 Bush, 522, Lon. & Port. Canal Co. v. Murphy’s adm’r. 9 Bush, 732, L., C. & L. R. R. Co. v. Case’s adm’r. 4 Bush, 509, L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Robinson. 2 Duvall, 114, L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Collins. 2 Duvall, 577, Board of Int. Imp. Shelby Co. v. Scearce. 2 Met. 155, Wall v. Wayland. 4 Littell, 377, Mason v. Rogers. 13 B. Mon. 219, Fleet & Semple v. Hollenkemp.…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE LINDSAY

delivered the opinion or the court.

The petition shows that the appellees are druggists or apothecaries, and that their prescription clerk in attempting to fill a physician’s prescription put up croton oil instead of linseed oil, and that this mistake was made through the “gross and culpable negligence” of the clerk. It further shows that the oil so put up was, in consequence of the mistake, administered as directed by the physician to appellant’s intestate, and “that it caused him great suffering and agony and did him serious and irreparable injury . . . and was the immediate…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Louisville & Portland Canal Co. v. MurphyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1872

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Dillon v. Great Northern Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co. v. McCullomIndiana Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Strange's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. McElwainCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
  5. Lewis' Admr. v. Taylor Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902

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