Coca Cola Bottling Works v. Lewis

The defendant in error, J. C. Lewis (hereinafter called plaintiff), sued the plaintiff in error Coca Cola Bottling Works, a corporation (hereinafter called defendant), in the circuit court of Davidson county and obtained the verdict of a jury, and judgment of the court thereon, for $1000, from which judgment, after its motion for a new trial had been overruled, the defendant prayed an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this court, which was granted by the trial court and perfected by the defendant.

At the close of all the evidence, on the trial below, the defendant moved the court to…