Ryan v. Adam Scheidt BrewIng Co.

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

The issue on this appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence of the defendant’s negligence to warrant the submission of the case to the jury.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

Defendant corporation engages in the business of brewing, bottling and selling Valley Forge Beer” in Norristown, Pennsylvania. 1 The plaintiff, Frank J. Ryan, testified that on the morning of July 25, 1948, he bought six bottles of defendant’s beer at a tavern near College Park, Maryland. The bottles were placed in a paper grocery bag, which he put in the back of his car and, accompanied by…