Coca-Cola Bottling Works v. Sullivan

This is another of those numerous cases in which recovery is sought against a Bottling Company, for injury alleged to have been suffered by a drinker of a bottle of Coca-Cola, which, contained harmful foreign matter. In some of the reported cases this was an insect, in others a mouse, again a cigar stub, or, as in, the instant case, a bit of glass. The courts have been called on to decide questions of fact — whether (1) plaintiff found the matter in the bottle, as alleged; (2) if injury was suffered from this cause and its extent; (3) whether the foreign matter was put, or left, in the bottle…