Rommel v. Schambacher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PUTT,ADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 142 July Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 132 December Term 1884, C. P. No. 4. On November 24,1884, a summons in case issued in an action by William Rommel against Jacob Schambacher. The uarr, as originally filed, charged a liability of the defendant arising out of the duties lie owed, as an inn- or tavern-keeper, to tlie plaintiff while liis guest.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PUTT,ADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 142 July Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 132 December Term 1884, C. P. No. 4. On November 24,1884, a summons in case issued in an action by William Rommel against Jacob Schambacher. The uarr, as originally filed, charged a liability of the defendant arising out of the duties lie owed, as an inn- or tavern-keeper, to tlie plaintiff while liis guest. Additional counts were subsequently filed, by leave of court, charging defendant’s liability under § 3, act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 663, relating to the civil responsibility…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Gordon:
From the evidence in this ease we gather the following facts: on the evening of the 9th of August, 1884, the plaintiff, William Rommel, a minor, entered the tavern of the defendant, Jacob Schambacher, and there found one Edward Flanagan: they both became intoxicated on liquor furnished them by Schambacher. Whilst the plaintiff was standing on the outside of the bar, engaged in conversation with the defendant, who was in the inside thereof, Flanagan pinned a piece of paper to Rommel’s back and set it on fire. The consequence was that Rommel’s clothes were soon…
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