Freedom Oil Works Co. v. Beaver Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

These two cases were tried together in the lower court; they had their origin in the same occurrence, the collapse and fall of a county bridge, and the consequent damage to the property of one plaintiff and injury to the person of the other. The jury returned verdicts for both plaintiffs, and judgments n. o. v. for defendant were subsequently entered in each case and these appeals followed.

On an August afternoon in 1927, appellant Kredel drove a motor truck, belonging to the Freedom Oil Works Company, the other appellant, which with its load of oil and gasoline…