Kunkle v. Thompson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 101, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Jan. T., 1916, No. 113, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles H. Kunkle v. Samuel H. Thompson. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries and injuries to an automobile.
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Appeal, No. 101, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Jan. T., 1916, No. 113, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles H. Kunkle v. Samuel H. Thompson. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries and injuries to an automobile. Before Hause, J. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff suffered the injuries of which he complained on November 20, 1915, at 3:45 p. m. at Wiford, Chester County, in a right angled collision with defendant’s car, operated at the time by Robert Thompson, a nineteen-year-old son of the defendant who was alone in the car. The…
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Head, J.,
The damages sought to be recovered resulted from a right-angled collision between the automobile of the plaintiff, driven by himself, and a car owned by the defendant but driven by his nineteen-year-old son. The defendant, owner, was not in the car at the time of the accident. The action is not brought against the son who operated the car, but seeks to charge the absent owner with the consequences of the negligent operation of his car by another. Under such circumstances there is surely no need to discuss the fundamental principles underlying the long line of decisions —…
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