Jasper Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Breed

PRICE, Judge.

Plaintiff sued the Jasper Coca Cola Bottling Company for damages for personal injury resulting from defendant’s negligence in bottling and selling a bottle of Coca Cola containing a burned match or other kind of wood. There was verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $700. Defendant appeals.

Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that on April 20, 1957, her son-in-law bought a Coca Cola for her at the A. & P. store in Jasper. After drinking a part of it she became choked, nauseated, vomited and caught a burned match in her hand. After leaving the store her daughter drove…