Oberfeld v. Eilers Ex Rel. California Insurance

This case is the result of a collision of the trucks of the respective parties on the Philadelphia road, near Bradshaw, in Baltimore County, on the night of June 9th, 1934. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendants appeal.

The plaintiff, Christopher P. Eilers, was proceeding northward, driving a Ford one and a half-ton truck, converted by the addition of what is known as a “high-low equipment” into a three-ton truck. It was loaded with seven and a half tons of sheet iron destined for Philadelphia. The truck of the defendants, Louis and Oscar P. Oberfeld, partners trading as Overnight…