McShea v. McKenna and Ippolito

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

Two automobiles, each of which was driven by one of the defendants, collided on Broad Street and then struck the plaintiff’s car and caused the damage's to recover which this action was brought against both defendants. The allegation in the statement of claim is that both of them were negligent and that their joint act caused the injury. At the trial, the judge instructed the jury to ascertain the amount of damages and to enter a verdict for half against each defendant. In McCarthy v. DeArmit, 99 Pa. 63, it is stated, “In trespass all the defendants are alike guilty,…