Legal Opinion

Try-Me Beverage Co. v. Harris

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 22, 1928No. 6 Div. 100PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.

The action is for damages for personal injury resulting from drinking a beverage bottled and sold by defendants as “Try-Me,” and which contained some foreigh substance, to wit: Tin foil, tobacco, cigarette paper, or other foreign matter. The complaint charges the injuries were proximately caused by the negligence of defendants, or their employees, in the' negligent manner in which the beverage was prepared, manufactured, or bottled.

The main insistence on appeal seems to be that the evidence did not identify the beverage bought by plaintiff as the defendants’ product. For this cause it is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Grauer v. Alabama Great Southern R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  2. Norwood Transp. Co. v. CrossettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. v. FergusonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  2. Weston v. National Manufacturers & Stores Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  3. Kirkland v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  4. Turner v. Azalea Box Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  5. Collins Baking Co. v. SavageSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

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