Coca Cola Bottling Works v. Selvidge

The defendant in error, D. W. Selvidge, claims to have swallowed, a mouthful of fine particles of glass while drinking a bottle of coca cola, the glass being in the bottle, and as he gulped down the last of the contents of the bottle, the glass was precipitated down his throat, when by a process of .gagging ¿nd spitting he was able to expel most of the glass, but swallowed some; and in the maelstrom taking place in his throat when he attempted and did' arrest the passage of the glass, his throat was cut and injured, according to his testimony. This happened on the 23rd day of May, 1924, when…