Gozdonovic v. Pleasant Hills Realty Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

This is another in the lengthening line of cases * concerned with the question of an employer’s liability for the negligent operation of a motor vehicle owned and maintained by an employe and used by him in furtherance of the employer’s business.

One Nathan Kartub, who lived in McKeesport, answered a newspaper advertisement of the defendant company reading: “Salesman wanted to sell home sites. Oar required.” The company was in the real estate business with its office in Pittsburgh and was especially engaged in subdividing large tracts of land at Pleasant…