Coca Cola Bottling Works v. Hand

A judgment was rendered on the verdict of a jury in the Circuit Court of Leflore county for the sum of $20,-000, in favor of the appellee, W. D. Hand, as damages on account of personal injuries sustained by him when he applied the brakes to his automobile, and turned it over in an attempt to avoid an anticipated collision with a truck belong to the appellant Coca Cola Bottling Works of Greenwood, which truck was being driven by the appellant Herman Catiom, a servant and employee of the said Bottling Works.

The declaration charged, in substance, that while the plaintiff, who resided at…