WILLIAMS v. COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY

No. 29318.

285 S.W.2d 53 (1955)

Elizabeth WILLIAMS (Plaintiff), Respondent, v. COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, a Corporation (Defendant), Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

December 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Lee, Paul E. Corning, Jr., St. Louis, Carter, Bull & Baer, St. Louis, of counsel, for appellant.

Barnhardt, Wood & Bransford, Robert D. Bransford, St. Louis, for respondent.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

This appeal involves the liability of a manufacturer to the ultimate consumer of an allegedly impure beverage product, based upon breach of implied warranty of fitness and wholesomeness for human consumption. In her petition Elizabeth Williams alleged that she purchased and consumed a portion of a bottle of Coca-Cola manufactured and sold by defendant Coca-Cola Bottling Company, a corporation, which in breach of its aforesaid warranty contained...

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