Long v. Eastern Paving Co.

Opinion by

Mr, Justice Sadler,

Edna Long, a minor, was standing on the pavement at Fifth and Luzerne Streets, in the City of Philadelphia, on December 26, 1924. She was injured by a truck of one McLaughlin, which made a sharp turn at the corner, mounted the curb, and struck the plaintiff. He was at the time hauling heated asphalt for the Eastern Paving Company from its plant to a point where street repair work was under way. An action for the damages sustained was brought against the latter corporation, on the theory that McLaughlin was its employee, for whose acts, in the course of his…