Boykin v. Chase Bottling Works

Mrs. Boykin sustained a personal injury from the bursting of a bottle containing a carbonated beverage produced and sold by the defendant. She brought this action for damages, charging negligence on the part of the defendant in bottling the drink. Her husband brought a separate action for loss of services and companionship and for expenses incurred in treating his wife’s injuries. The cases were tried together. The declarations are respectively in two counts. There were jury verdicts in both cases in favor of the defendant as to count one and directed verdicts as to count two. The judge…