Court Opinion

ID: 9808238
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 20:31:05.864083+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:10:17.716335
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Stacy, C. J.,
dissenting: The record is devoid of any evidence of actionable negligence on the part of the defendant, according to our previous decisions. Thomason v. Ballard & Ballard Co., 208 N. C., 1, 179 S. E., 30; Blackwell v. Bottling Co., 208 N. C., 751; Enloe v. Bottling Co., 208 N. C., 305, 180 S. E., 582.
“The facts present a case where it would be entirely unsafe to permit the application of the principle contended for (res ipsa loquitur), or to hold that the explosion of one single bottle of such an article (Coca-Cola), under such circumstances, should of itself rise to the dignity of legal evidence sufficient, without more, to carry the case to the jury”— Hoke, J., in Dail v. Taylor, 151 N. C., 284, 66 S. E., 135.
Here we have only one instance of deleterious substance (glass) found in sausage, and another instance of “grit” found therein. By grit the witness may have meant no more than gristle or particles of bone. Nor does it appear whether this “grit” was in the original package. Indeed, it may be doubted whether the particles of glass were found in the original package, though the evidence may be sufficient to warrant the inference.
Having decided in Thomason v. Ballard & Ballard Co., supra, that plaintiff is not entitled to recover, e¡x contractu, as upon an implied warranty, the pertinent decisions in cases sounding in tort should be followed.
Connor, J., concurs in dissent.