MAECHERLEIN v. SEALY MATTRESS CO.

Docket No. 21809.

145 Cal.App.2d 275 (1956)

302 P.2d 331

VIRGINIA MAECHERLEIN, Respondent, v. SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

October 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Arvin H. Brown, Jr., and Henry F. Walker for Appellant.

Downey A. Grosenbaugh and Grayce M. Smith for Respondent.


DORAN, J.

After a trial by jury, a judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff-respondent in the sum of $3,000 for personal injuries sustained when a spring came through a mattress manufactured by the appellant, and purchased from a Los Angeles retail dealer who was not an agent of the appellant.

In the language of appellant's brief, "After plaintiff and her husband had used the same for a year or year and a half, they noticed it was getting soft in the center...

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