Wilkes v. Memphis Grocery Co.

By separate suits A. M. Wilkes and wife, Mrs. A. M. Wilkes, sued the defendants for damages. The suit of Mrs. A. M. Wilkes was against E. F. Jones; E. F. Jones Grocery Company and/or Memphis Grocery Company; John Doe, truck driver or employee; and the Orange-Crush Bottling Company, for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from drinking a bottle of Pepsi-Cola alleged to have been manufactured and sold by the defendant, Orange-Crush Bottling Company.

The defendant, E. F. Jones, was the owner or manager of the Jones Grocery Company and/or Memphis Grocery Company, then engaged in conducting…