Starke Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Carrington

BUFORD, J.:

Appellant will be referred to as defendant and appellee as plaintiff.

Defendant manufactured and bottled coca-cola at Starke, Florida, and placed the same in its vending machine at civilian dormitory No. 2 in Camp Blanding where it was automatically delivered to customers upon the insertion of a coin in a slot constituting a part of the defendant’s vending machine.

Plaintiff was employed as an assistant hostess at civilian dormitory No. 2. On November 8, 1945, plaintiff placed a coin in the automatic vending machine for the purchase of a bottle of coca-cola. Thereupon a bottle of…