Bonham v. Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Wayne county; the Hon. Jacob R. Cbeighton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
On August 17, 1910, William T. Bonham, defendant in error, lost his left thumb, through the bursting of a shot gun he was firing. He afterwards brought suit against Winchester Repeating Arms Company, plaintiff in error, who had made and placed upon the market the shell he was using, claiming that the bursting of the gun barrel and consequent injury to him was caused by the defective and dangerous construction of the shell used and discharged by him at the time. There were three counts in the declaration. The first alleged, that said company was engaged in the manufacture and sale of loaded…
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