ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY v. SMITH


303 S.W.2d 270 (1957)

ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Edith SMITH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 14, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Craft, Jr., Craft & Stanfill, Hazard, for appellant.

Isaac Turner, Hyden, for appellee.


MOREMEN, Judge.

This is a motion for appeal from a judgment which awarded appellee, Edith Smith, the sum of $600 for injuries sustained as a result of drinking a bottled beverage, manufactured by appellant, Royal Crown Bottling Company, Inc., which contained a dead mouse.

On April 21, 1956, around noon, appellee entered a store in Leslie County owned and operated by Riley Pace and his wife. The store was one rectangular room about 30 x 60 feet in size. Appellee...

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