Legal Opinion
Prince v. Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 24, 1961No. 607PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHiggiNS, J.
This differs from other exploding bottle cases which have been reviewed by this Court. Most prior actions were in tort against the bottling company for injury proximately caused by the company’s negligence. Styers v. Bottling Co., 239 N.C. 504, 80 S.E. 2d 253; Davis v. Bottling Co., 228 N.C. 32, 44 S.E. 2d 337; Enloe v. Bottling Co., 208 N.C. 305, 180 S.E. 582; Lamb v. Boyles, 192 N.C. 542, 135 S.E. 464; Dail v. Taylor, 151 N.C. 284, 66 S.E. 135.
This action is against the retailer who sold to the plaintiff. The action is in contract, based on alleged breach of implied warranty that the Coca…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dail v. TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Loch v. ConfairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Wyatt v. North Carolina Equipment CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
- Dail v. . TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Enloe v. Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Perfecting Service Co. v. Product Development & Sales Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
- Gardner v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Minnesota, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Kinlaw v. Long Mfg. N.C., Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- Terry v. Double Cola Bottling CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
- Perfecting Service Co. v. Product Development & Sales Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
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