Aaron v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. December 4, 1913. O. C. Aaron, as next friend of Lucile Aaron, a minor, brought suit against the Coca Cola Bottling Company and M. J. Merlin, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained -by Lucile Aaron in Consequence of her having stepped upon certain sharp fragments of broken glass bottles, whereby her feet were cut.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. December 4, 1913. O. C. Aaron, as next friend of Lucile Aaron, a minor, brought suit against the Coca Cola Bottling Company and M. J. Merlin, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained -by Lucile Aaron in Consequence of her having stepped upon certain sharp fragments of broken glass bottles, whereby her feet were cut. The petition charges, that the broken glass was on the sidewalk in front of Merlin’s store, in consequence of certain acts of negligence upon the part of defendants, which are set forth in the petition;…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The only ground on which the demurrer was sustained was that of a misjoinder of parties defendant.' The order stated that the other grounds of demurrer were not passed upon. Accordingly, it only remains to be determined whether the allegations sufficiently show that the injury resulted from negligence in which each of the defendants was guilty. As to the Coca Cola Bottling Co., it was alleged that it supplied Merlin with coca cola, and by custom and under contract it delivered the full bottles at the store of Merlin and took up and carried back to its…
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