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SWIFT & CO. v. WELLS

110 S.E.2d 203 (1959)

201 Va. 213

SWIFT & CO. v. Jean C. WELLS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 3, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archibald G. Robertson, Lewis Thomas Booker, Richmond (Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Emanuel Emroch, Charles P. Rosner, Richmond, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This case presents to us the question of the liability of a manufacturer of food products to the consumer thereof for damages for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of the unwholesomeness of such food.

Frank H. Wells, as the agent of his wife, the plaintiff, Jean C. Wells, on Saturday, September 22, 1956, pursuant to her instructions, purchased from Roberson's Super Market a smoked...

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