Roberts, Admr. v. Freihofer B. Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

South Broadway in Camden, New Jersey, is a paved street, with a double track street railway in the center. About midnight, on August 29, 1923, a southbound autobus therein broke its rear axle and Thomas L. Roberts, plaintiff’s decedent, who was employed as a mechanic in a neighboring service station, was engaged to replace the broken axle with a new one. The bus stood facing the south with the front inclined toward the west curb and with the left rear wheel standing on the first railway track, as the street cars were not then running. The work in hand was a short…