BURKETT v. PANAMA CITY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY


93 So.2d 580 (1957)

J.L. BURKETT, Appellant, v. PANAMA CITY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc.

March 13, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornett, Duncan & Leath, Panama City, for appellant.

Joseph I. Mathis and William J. Mongoven, Panama City, for appellee.


DREW, Justice.

Plaintiff was injured by an exploding bottle which is alleged to have come from defendant's plant. Plaintiff purchased the bottle from a retail dealer, who kept the bottles in a manner unknown to us through the record. Plaintiff took the bottle in a crate from the retail store and placed it in the back of his car. (Plaintiff testified on deposition that the bottle was in a crate "sitting down on the floor board back of the front seat.") Plaintiff then...

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