HACKWORTH v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY


381 S.W.2d 292 (1964)

Helen HACKWORTH, Plaintiff in Error, v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY and Cumberland Case Corporation, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.A. Greer, Jr., Dunlap, for plaintiff in error.

Goins, Gammon, Baker & Robinson, Roberts, Weill & Ellis, Chattanooga, for defendants in error.


WHITE, Justice.

Mrs. Helen Hackworth appeals from the action of the trial court in sustaining demurrers to her declaration and assigns errors.

The declaration alleged, in substance, that the defendant Cumberland Case Corporation manufactured, and the defendant Ralston Purina Company sold her several heaters which were advertised and represented as being for the purpose of warming and raising chickens and could be used in chicken houses commonly used for such...

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