West Philadelphia Stock Yard Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.

Opinion by

Trexler, P. J.,

The lower court entered judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.

Plaintiff was engaged in the business of maintaining a stock yard for receiving livestock and delivering it to its customers throughout Philadelphia, and had taken out a “general liability” policy in defendant company. On March 17, 1926, it delivered some steers to a slaughter house within the city and as they were being unloaded, one of them escaped and injured two persons who thereafter brought suit against the company.. The basis of both suits was negligence on the part of the…