Flick v. Shimer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

Plaintiffs brought actions in trespass against the Administrator of the Estate of William K. Shimer, for damages resulting from the deaths of plaintiffs’ husbands, Edward Flick and Robert Flick, respectively, due to the alleged negligent operation of an automobile by defendant’s decedent, who was killed in the same accident.

On April 24, 1939, Shimer, the owner of a small Ford truck, offered to drive Edward Flick from his farm near Effort to Nazareth in order to get some furniture which Ralph Saeger had given to Flick. Shimer, Edward Flick, and the latter’s brother,…