Dittenhoffer v. Aires Co.

OPINION

KRAFT, District Judge.

In this motor vehicle case the corporate defendant, The Aires Company, has moved for summary judgment on the ground that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact relating to the lack of an agency or master-servant relationship between it and the individual defendant, Michael Sheffler.

The record discloses the following uncontroverted facts:

1. the accident occurred about 5:00 p. m. on Saturday, September 12, 1964, at the intersection of Vernon Road and Crittenden Street, Philadelphia, Pa.;

2. Michael Sheffler, then sixteen years of age, was driving a 1964…