Schomaker v. Havey

Per Curiam,

In this action of trespass, Efeleñ M. Sehomaker, plaintiff, alleged that the negligence of defendant, Richard B. Havey, in operating his automobile, caused the death of her husband, Lambert Siehomaker; the trial court, holding plaintiff’s decedent guilty of contributory negligence, entered a nonsuit, which it subsequently declined to remove; hence this appeal.

On the night of October 18,1925, while defendant was driving his coupe automobile along a road in Allegheny County, he was hailed by plaintiff’s husband, and, at the latter’s request, defendant agreed to give him a lift in his…