Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Southeast Ark. v. Spurlin

Appellee, Ollen Spurlin, recovered judgment for $200 against appellant, in the Hot Spring circuit court, to compensate damages alleged to have been sustained by drinking a portion of a bottle of Coca-Cola, bottled by appellant, which contained particles of glass.

On August 14, . 1937, appellee, with three other parties, stopped at Will Nabors’ Filling Station and appellee drank part of a bottle of Coca-Cola which he had purchased from Nabors. When he took the first swallow he felt something rough go down his throat. He examined the bottle and found inside the bottle neck the glass had cracked…