Puechner v. Braun
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 134, April T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, June Term, 1892, No. 105, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Orlady, J. Trespass. Before Stowe, P. J. It appears from the record and the evidence that the plaintiff claimed damages for a broken wrist caused by his being thrown down and run over by a steer belonging to defendant on the public road.
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Appeal, No. 134, April T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, June Term, 1892, No. 105, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Orlady, J. Trespass. Before Stowe, P. J. It appears from the record and the evidence that the plaintiff claimed damages for a broken wrist caused by his being thrown down and run over by a steer belonging to defendant on the public road. His statement averred that the defendant, who was a butcher by occupation, with an employee, was driving a wild and vicious steer along the public highway, knowing the said animal to be wild and vicious,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
The plaintiff was injured on a public highway, being thrown down by a runaway steer which had escaped from the control of the defendant while being driven, with three others, from the farm on which they were reared to the slaughter house of the defendant. The statement in this action of trespass avers that the defendant .... had the care and management of a certain ox, which before and at the time of plaintiff’s injury “ was wild and vicious, and it was then unsafe and improper to drive, or permit, or suffer said ox to go over or through any public highway, without…