Legal Opinion

Sommers v. Dougherty

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County

Decided March 25, 1922No. 21Published

Affidavit of defence in lieu of demurrer. C. P. Berks Co., Feb. T., 1922, No. 21.

1Opinion of the Court

Endlich, P. J.,

The statement filed in this case declares (observing its, in some respects, peculiar phrasing) that the defendant is an *615undertaker, and, as such, was in charge of a certain funeral on Jan. 10, 1921; that, for the purpose of conveying mourners from the home of the deceased at Blandón to Gethsemane Cemetery, Muhlenberg Township, he used certain automobiles operated by, and in charge of, his driver or chauffeur; that after the burial the driver or employee of defendant directed Ellen C. Sommers, plaintiff, and other persons into the automobile then and there owned or controlled by…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Azinger v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  2. Dean v. Pennsylvania R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  3. Singer Manufacturing Co. v. ChristianSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  4. Minnich v. Easton Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  5. Luckett v. ReighardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915

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