Legal Opinion

Douglas v. First National Stores, Inc.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided May 18, 1934PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtStearns, C. J.

This action on the case for negligence is here on the exceptions of plaintiff to certain rulings on evidence and to the direction of a verdict for defendant.

The declaration alleges that the defendant corporation was engaged in the business of manufacturing and bottling soda and carbonated beverages and that it was its duty to exercise reasonable and proper care in the manufacture and bottling of said beverages so that they.should not contain an excess of carbon dioxide or carbonic acid gas; that plaintiff purchased at one of defendant's stores in Providence a bottle of orangeade soda which he…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Payne v. Rome Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
  2. Dail v. TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
  3. O'Neill v. JamesMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Stone v. Van Noy Railroad News Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  5. Wheeler v. Laurel Bottling WorksMississippi Supreme Court · 1916

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Wilkinson v. VeseySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
  2. Morales v. Town of JohnstonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006
  3. Quinn v. PooleSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1957
  4. Duffy v. United Electric Railways Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1936
  5. United Electric Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1935

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