Pugliese v. McCarthy

Pee Ctjeiam.

The appellant was made the defendant in an action brought by the plaintiff to recover for damages to an automobile caused by the alleged negligence of the driver of the defendant’s car, who, it was claimed, was, at the time, the servant of the defendant.

The ease resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals contending that there should have been a direction of a verdict in his favor and that the court misdirected the jury in its charge.

• Both complaints are well founded. The proofs were that the defendant owned a car and had a license to drive it. The…