Georgia-Alabama Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. White

1. The petition alleged that while the plaintiff, in the exercise of ordinary care, was in the act of transferring some bottles of coca-cola from a case to an ice-box in the rear of the store in which he was employed, one of the bottles suddenly and violently exploded and injured him in certain described particulars. Averments of specific negligence on the part of the- defendant were made, and it was alleged that the defendant advertised and sold its product as a harmless beverage, and that no intermediary handled the bottle from the time it was delivered by the defendant. Other facts in…