Felski v. Zeidman

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

On May 16, 1922, the plaintiff, John Felski, with his wife and three sons, was passing along Eighth Street, Charleroi, in an automobile and when crossing McKean Avenue an autotruck so violently collided with the automobile as to demolish it and kill plaintiff’s wife. The truck was owned by the defendant, Jacob Zeidman, a furniture dealer, and the accident apparently happened by the fault of the driver, Louis Glenn. It was developed, however, by witnesses called for plaintiff, that Glenn was not in defendant’s employ, had taken the truck without leave and was…