Kierkowsky v. Connell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 238, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1913, No. 346, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of Joseph Kierkowsky, a minor, by his father and next friend, William Kierkowsky, and William Kierkowsky v. Joseph B. Connell and others to plaintiff unknown, trading as The Kaska William Supply Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bechtel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court stales the facts.
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Appeal, No. 238, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1913, No. 346, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of Joseph Kierkowsky, a minor, by his father and next friend, William Kierkowsky, and William Kierkowsky v. Joseph B. Connell and others to plaintiff unknown, trading as The Kaska William Supply Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bechtel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court stales the facts. Verdict for Joseph Kierkowsky for $3,000 and for William Kierkowsky for $500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action by a father and son for damages by *569reason of personal injuries to the son, called herein, “the plaintiff.” During the year 1911, and prior thereto, defendants had a general store in Schuylkill County known as “Kaska William Supply Company.” They kept in a stable some distance from the store a horse and a pair of mules used for delivery purposes. On the morning of November 30, 1911, (Thanksgiving Day), Stanley Lauk an employee of defendants delivered articles to customers, using the mules and wagon. Plaintiff, then twelve years of age, rode with…
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