Scranton Gas & Water Co. v. Weston
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1911, No. 442, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Scranton Gas & Water Company v. Charles S. Weston. Trespass to recover damages to an automobile. Before Baldridge, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff claimed to recover damages for the alleged negligent injury to an automobile.
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Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1911, No. 442, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Scranton Gas & Water Company v. Charles S. Weston. Trespass to recover damages to an automobile. Before Baldridge, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff claimed to recover damages for the alleged negligent injury to an automobile. When John F. Broadbent, a witness for the defendant was on the stand, the following offer was made: Mr. Price: We'propose to prove by the witness on the stand that he in company with Mr.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The plaintiff had purchased and was the owner of a used Pierce Arrow automobile which an employee left standing in an alley near the door of a garage. ' The *359defendant’s automobile driven by his chauffeur collided with the plaintiff’s as a result of which collision the plaintiff’s machine was damaged to a considerable extent. The plaintiff alleged that the accident happened wholly because of the negligence of the defendant’s servant and that a consequent liability of the defendant arose. The defendant claimed that there was concurrent negligence on the part of the…
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