Robey v. Richmond Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc.

On July 6,1948, Mrs. Starr Whitlow Robey, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, purchased six bottles of Coca-Cola from Hilton E. Burton and Catherine Burton, who conducted a retail grocery store under the name of Burton’s Market, in the city of Richmond. At the time of the purchase the Coca-Cola was in the original pasteboard carton in which it had been sold and delivered to Burton’s Market by Richmond Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. The carton is designed to hold six bottles in an upright position and is equipped with a wire handle to facilitate its carriage by hand.

While Mrs.…