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COSPER v. SMITH & WESSON ARMS CO.

Docket No. L.A. 25485.

53 Cal.2d 77 (1959)

346 P.2d 409

HAROLD L. COSPER, Appellant, v. SMITH AND WESSON ARMS COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; SMITH AND WESSON, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris B. Chain and Milton M. Younger for Appellant.

Borton, Petrini, Conron & Brown and P.R. Borton for Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff, a police officer, brought this action for personal injuries allegedly sustained in this state when the cylinder of a revolver, purchased by him in this state from defendant Pitt and manufactured by Smith and Wesson, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, "exploded and blew apart" during target practice, causing the permanent loss of vision of plaintiff's right eye. Summons and complaint were served on Walter K. Lookabaugh as the alleged agent, sales...

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