Scheel v. Shaw
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 232, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of Municipal Court, May T., 1914, No. 245, on verdict for defendant in case of Johanna Marie Scheel v. Arthur E. Shaw. Trespass to recover, damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 232, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of Municipal Court, May T., 1914, No. 245, on verdict for defendant in case of Johanna Marie Scheel v. Arthur E. Shaw. Trespass to recover, damages for personal injuries. Before Knowles, J. ■ At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff' was struck by defendant’s automobile at about half past ten or eleven o’clock on the night of January 4, 1914, when it was very dark. . At the time of the accident the defendant was not in the car, but it was being driven by William E. Yolz, the defendant’s chauffeur. The evidence showed that Yolz had…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephárt, J.,
On the day of the accident the defendant and the chauffeur were out for a ride and on their return to the defendant’s home, when the car was about to be taken back to the garage, the chauffeur, not regularly employed as such, requested the defendant to lend him the car to go for his family, some four miles away. The permission having been granted, on the return trip with his family he struck and injured the plaintiff. Not noticing the accident at the time, as it was very dark, he continued his journey to his home and when he was about to put the car in the garage, which…
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