Wallace v. Keystone Automobile Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 216 and 217, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Fourth T., 1908, Nos. 65 and 66, on verdicts for plaintiff in cases of Maggie Wallace v. Keystone Automobile Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband and for personal injuries to plaintiff. Before Reid, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 216 and 217, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Fourth T., 1908, Nos. 65 and 66, on verdicts for plaintiff in cases of Maggie Wallace v. Keystone Automobile Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband and for personal injuries to plaintiff. Before Reid, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $10,000 for loss of her husband, and $5,794 for her own injuries, on which judgment was entered for $8,174.38 and $4,736.24, all over such amounts having been remitted. Defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mestrezat,
The defendant corporation was engaged in the sale and hiring of automobiles in the City of Pittsburgh, and on July 21, 1907, was requested to furnish an automobile with a chauffeur to take plaintiff and her husband upon a pleasure trip from Pittsburgh to Butler, Pennsylvania. A “White Steamer” machine, with steam as its motive power, arrived at the house of the plaintiff and her husband, and they with two friends started on the trip. The rear seat was occupied by the plaintiff and her friends, and her husband sat to the left of the chauffeur on the front seat.…
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