Martin v. Waycross Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Wayeross — Judge McDonald. September 25, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtBussell, C. J.
So far as my investigation has extended, there is but one reported case in which the facts are nearly identical with those of the present ease. That is the Mississippi case of Jackson Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Chapman, 108 Miss. 864 (64 So. 791), where the plaintiff purchased from a grocer, for the purpose of refreshing himself, a bottle of Coca-Cola which the defendant, a bottling company, had bottled and sold for public consumption as a harmless and refreshing beverage, and in which, after having swallowed a part of the contents, he discovered a decomposed mouse. It made him sick, and the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Watson v. Augusta Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Jackson Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. ChapmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
- Magruder v. Hattiesburg Trust & Banking Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1914
- Joiner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
3Cited by13 opinions
- Armour Company v. GulleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
- National Casualty Co. v. HudsonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1945
- National Clay Products Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1932
- Texas Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. KubenaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Few v. Automobile Financing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
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