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HIGGINS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 5-5398.

465 S.W.2d 898 (1971)

Henry HIGGINS, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howell, Price, Howell & Barron, Little Rock, for appellant.

Barber, Henry, Thurman, McCaskill & Amsler, Little Rock, for appellees.

HOLT, Justice.

This is a tort action for damages allegedly resulting from a defectively manufactured brake hose. In September 1964, appellant purchased a 1965 Pontiac Catalina from appellee Horace Terry Pontiac Company (doing business at that time as Milner-Terry Pontiac Company). Almost four years and some 16,000 miles later, the Catalina's front brake hose ruptured, thus rendering the hydraulic braking system ineffective and allegedly causing appellant to ram into...

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