Buck v. Quaker City Cab Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 145, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 3557, on verdict for plaintiff in tbe case of Dennis Buck v. Quaker City Cab Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Wessel, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,100 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 145, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 3557, on verdict for plaintiff in tbe case of Dennis Buck v. Quaker City Cab Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Wessel, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,100 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the refusal of defendant’s motion non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
We must sustain the assignment to the refusal to direct a verdict for defendant.
Plaintiff and three others were in a wagon driven westward on Vine street about 7:30 a. m. An automobile owned by defendant negligently collided with the wagon and plaintiff was injured. The record contains no evidence of the business in which defendant was engaged. In its affidavit of defense it set up that the automobile was stolen from its garage that morning, and at the time of the occurrence was being driven by persons to it unknown, without its authority, and not upon its business. To…
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