Terry v. Double Cola Bottling Company

138 S.E.2d 753 (1964)

263 N.C. 1

Hilda TERRY

v.

DOUBLE COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, Inc.

No. 177.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 4, 1964.

Dolley & Harris, by Steve Dolley, Jr., Gastonia, and Charles J. Katzenstein, Gastonia, for plaintiff appellant.

Hollowell & Stott, by Grady B. Stott, Gastonia, for defendant appellee.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover for that: (1) The defendant bottled and sold the drink containing the deleterious substance, knowing that it would be resold for human consumption; (2) the bottler's implied warranty of fitness extended to the ultimate…