District Grocery Stores, Inc. v. Brunswick Quick Freeze Co.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

This is an action for breach of implied warranty of wholesomeness of food sold for human consumption. It was originally commenced against the individual proprietor of a grocery store by a purchaser of a package of frozen shrimp who became ill after eating them. The store owner filed a third party complaint against District Grocery Stores, the present appellant, from whom he had purchased the shrimp. District Grocery Stores in turn filed a third party complaint against Brunswick Quick Freeze Company, appellee, a Georgia corporation, which had packaged the shrimp in question…