Atkinson v. Coca-Cola Bottling Company

McDOWELL, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for $750 damages in favor of plaintiff caused by drinking contaminated coca cola manufactured and sold by defendant.

The petition was originally in two counts. Count II was dismissed and trial was had on count I in the Circuit Court of Butler County with the aid of a jury.

Count I of plaintiff’s petition alleged that defendant is a corporation with its principal office in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and engaged in the business of manufacturing, bottling, selling and distributing coca cola to retail trade to be sold to the public; that it sold…