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      "FLORENCE L. ADAMS v. Z. V. MURPHREY et al."
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        "text": "Pee CuRiam.\nOne member of the Court, Schenck, J., not sitting, and the remaining six being evenly divided in opinion whether, in the circumstances, error was committed in allowing the jury to view the premises of the defendants and to observe the processes of operation, Highway Com. v. Hartley, 218 N. C., 438, 11 S. E. (2d), 314, the judgment of the Superior Court stands affirmed as the disposition of this appeal without becoming a precedent, accordant with the usual practice in such cases. Outlaw v. Asheville, 215 N. C., 790, 1 S. E. (2d), 559.\nAffirmed.",
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    "head_matter": "FLORENCE L. ADAMS v. Z. V. MURPHREY et al.\n(Filed 25 March, 1942.)\nAppeal and Error \u00a7 38\u2014\nThe Supreme Court, one Justice not sitting, being evenly divided in opinion whether error was committed in permitting the jury to view defendant\u2019s bottling plant during the trial term some twenty months after plaintiff\u2019s alleged injury from drinking a bottled drink containing shattered glass, the judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed without becoming a precedent.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Johnson, Special Judge, at November Special Term, 1941, of Pitt.\nCivil action by ultimate consumer to recover of manufacturer or bottler damages resulting from drinking bottled beverage containing noxious substance.\nOn 7 March, 1939, the plaintiff purchased from a retail merchant in Parmele, N. C., a bottle of coca-cola which had been manufactured or bottled and placed on the market by the defendants. The plaintiff testified that as a result of swallowing shattered glass from the bottle of coca-cola she suffered personal injury and pain.\nThe defendants\u2019 plant is located in the city of Greenville, N. C. Over objection of plaintiff, the jury was allowed to inspect the plant of the defendants and to observe the \u201cprocesses of operating the machinery.\u201d This was at the November Special Term, 1941, Pitt Superior Court.\nFrom verdict and judgment for defendants, the plaintiff appeals, assigning errors. \u2022\nJulius Brown for plaintiff, appellant.\nJ. B. James and Louis 0. Slcinner for defendants, appellees."
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