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- Title: Francis O. Cote v. Sears
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 02, 1933
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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1. The motions for a nonsuit and a directed verdict were properly denied. Upon the evidence submitted to the jury the following facts were findable. December 10, 1930, the plaintiff Francis, then a boy twelve years old, purchased at the defendants store in Manchester a box of twenty-two caliber "short" cartridges. Later in the same day he loaded a revolver belonging to a playmate with one of these cartridges, and shoved the loaded gun inside his belt. Thereafter when he attempted to pull it out the cartridge exploded inflicting the injuries complained of. The shooting took place in a vacant lot in the city of Manchester. A rule of the defendants store forbade the sale of ammunition to minors. No warnings or instructions were given to the plaintiff when he made the purchase.