Watkins v. Dalton Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Mrs. Fannie Watkins brought suit for damages against the Dalton Coca-Cola Bottling Company, in which she alleged that she purchased a bottle of coca-cola which had been bottled and capped by the defendant and placed in the coca-cola vending slot machine; that after she had drunk practically all of the coca-cola she discovered in the bottom of the bottle an open safety pin which had become “pitted and corroded,” and that as a result thereof she became poisoned and sustained injuries. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant was negligent in bottling a bottle of coca-cola containing a brass…