Case Name: Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. v. Everett
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1959-01-19
Citations: 234 Miss. 882
Docket Number: No. 40989
Parties: Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. v. Everett
Judges: Fioberds, P. J., and Arrington, Ethridge, and Gillespie, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 234
Pages: 882–884

Head Matter:
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. v. Everett
No. 40989
January 19, 1959
108 So. 2d 545
Misc. Thompson & Misc. Gulfport, for appellant.
Morse & Morse, Gulfport, for appellee.

Opinion:
Hall, J.
The appellant appeals from a judgment against it in favor of the appellee for damages for a decomposed roach in a bottle of Coca-Cola.
The declaration was not based upon a breach of warranty but upon negligence. But, in either case, the burden was upon appellee to show that the appellant manufactured the beverage in question.
The appellee produced no proof whatsoever as to the manufacturer of the beverage and, consequently, the requested peremptory instruction should have been granted.
Therefore, the judgment of the lower court will have to be reversed and a judgment entered here in favor of the appellant.
Reversed and judgment here for appellant.
Fioberds, P. J., and Arrington, Ethridge, and Gillespie, JJ., concur.