ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY v. MORGAN


299 S.W.2d 596 (1957)

ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Ethel MORGAN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craft & Stanfill, Hazard, for appellant.

Will C. Hoskins, Hyden, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before the court without a jury, Mrs. Ethel Morgan recovered judgment against the Royal Crown Bottling Company in the amount of $300, as damages for illness suffered as a result of drinking part of a bottle of R. C. Cola which contained a dead spider. The company has moved for an appeal on the ground that judgment should have gone for the defendant because of failure to prove the integrity of the bottle.

Mrs. Morgan and her...

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