Bubble Up Bottling Co. v. Lewis

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

E. R. Lewis brought this suit in Taylor County against J. M. Graham and W. G. Drummond, residents of Young County, seeking to establish liability of the defendants, as partners doing business under the firm name of Bubble Up Bottling Company, for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of an explosion of a bottle of Bubble Up. Plaintiff, in his first amended original petition, alleged that the bottle which exploded “was bottled and distributed by the defendants with an excess quantity of pressure on the inside; that such pressure was greatly in…