Nocera v. Great A. P. Tea Company

On April 28, 1945, Margaret Nocera, wife of the plaintiff, went to the defendant's grocery store and purchased some baked beans which were packaged in a sealed container. The container was made of glass. The defendant operates a so-called self-service store. Packaged articles are displayed on shelves and customers take what they want from the shelves and take them to the cashier, who collects the purchase price and delivers the articles purchased to the customer. On this day Mrs. Nocera chose a jar of baked beans which was displayed on a shelf together with other jars of baked beans. She made…