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HOUCHENS FOOD MARKET OF BOWLING GREEN v. KEITH

247 S.W.2d 521 (1952)

HOUCHENS FOOD MARKET OF BOWLING GREEN, Inc., v. KEITH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 28, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bell, Stagner & Orr, Bowling Green, for appellant.

Milliken & Milliken, Bowling Green, for appellee.

CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment awarding Mrs. Gertrude Keith $500 in damages as the result of her consuming lard which she claimed was contaminated by the presence of a dead rat near the bottom of the can or stand. A stand of lard weighs about .50 pounds. The Houchens Food Market from whom Mrs. Keith bought the lard asks that the judgment be reversed because (1) it was entitled to a peremptory instruction; and (2) the court instructed the jury...

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