Arndt v. D. H. Holmes Co.

This is a damage suit for the sale of unsound food.

The plaintiff, Charles Arndt, alleged that on September 18, 1925, his wife bought of defendants a cake, commonly called “Boston cream cake,” and brought the same to the residence of plaintiffs who ate of the same; that the defendants are engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling cakes and pastries of all kinds; that the Boston cream cake purchased by Mrs. Arndt from the defendant was unfit for human consumption; that it contained ptomaine poison, and that every member of her family who partook of said cake, became ill, especially…