Byrne v. Pittsburgh Brewing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1917, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1915, No. 1485, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Christopher C. Byrne v. The Pittsburgh Brewing Company, a Corporation Operating the Iron City Brewing Company and The Pittsburgh Brewing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,983 and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1917, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1915, No. 1485, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Christopher C. Byrne v. The Pittsburgh Brewing Company, a Corporation Operating the Iron City Brewing Company and The Pittsburgh Brewing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,983 and judgment thereon. Defendants appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and in refusing to.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewabt,
The accident out of which this action arose occurred in this way. The defendant company, in the conduct of its business, maintains and operates several gasolene motor trucks which it employs in the delivery of its brewery products to its customers in the surrounding-country. One of these customers was the proprietor of what is known as the Byrne Hotel, located on the Butler plank road about ten miles from the City of Pittsburgh. To fill an order for beer and ice it had received from this hotel, it loaded one of these trucks with the goods required, placed it in…
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