Florio v. Mayor of Jersey City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

The c-ases before us for review involve the legal questions as to the liability of a municipal corporation to a person injured through the negligence of its employe in the performance of a public duty, and as to the personal liability of such employe for his negligence in the performance of a public duty to a person injured by such negligence. These questions arise’ from the pleadings. John Schmolze was a fireman, in the employ of Jersey City. While driving a fire truck to a fire he negligently ran the truck against a horse and wagon in…