HOPE COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. v. JONES

No. 5-85.

257 S.W.2d 272 (1953)

HOPE COCA COLA BOTTLING CO., Inc. v. JONES.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graves & Graves, Hope, for appellant.

Tompkins, McKenzie & McRae, Prescoft, for appellee.


ROBINSON, Justice.

Appellee drank a portion of a bottle of Coca Cola which she claims contained a dead mouse. She filed suit against appellant Hope Coca Cola Bottling Company and asked damages in the sum of $5,000. There was a jury verdict in her favor for $3,000 which the trial court reduced to $750.

On appeal appellant contends that there is no substantial evidence to sustain the verdict; that the court erred in giving Instruction No. 4 because it ignored...

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