COCA COLA BOTTLING WORKS, INC. v. CROW


291 S.W.2d 589 (1956)

COCA COLA BOTTLING WORKS, Inc. v. Chester CROW

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe C. Davis and Joe A. Appleby, Lexington, for petitioner Chester Crow.

E. L. Stewart, Lexington, Keith Short, Jackson, for respondent Coca Cola Bottling Works, Inc.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

Coca Cola Bottling Works, Inc., manufactured, sold and delivered on July 5, 1952 to a retail country merchant named Havener several cases of Coca Cola. This merchant sold two of these cases to Chester Crow on July 8. In something like an hour thereafter one of these bottles exploded. A sliver of glass therefrom struck Crow in the eye and destroyed its vision.

The first count of the declaration upon which Crow sought to recover damages from...

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