CUMMERFORD v. PEPSI-COLA CO.


278 A.D. 658 (1951)

Ann Cummerford, Respondent, v. Pepsi-Cola Company et al., Defendants H. C. Bohack Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Gold Edge Beverage Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 13, 1951.


Upon appeals by the retailer and the distributor, judgment reversed upon the law and the facts and a new trial granted, with one bill of costs to appellants to abide the event.

The record discloses a sharp issue of fact upon the cause of the bursting of the bottle, whether from a defect inherent in the bottle or solely from a blow struck against the bottle. Determination of the disputed fact must be by the jury. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 457-a; Blum v. Fresh Grown...

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