Richardson v. Flower
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 128, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1912, No. 2556, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John B. Richardson v. William S. Flower. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Shafer, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $7,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 128, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1912, No. 2556, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John B. Richardson v. William S. Flower. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Shafer, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $7,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant and in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of trespass brought by a chauffeur to recover damages which he alleges he sustained while replacing a punctured tire on the wheel of his employer’s automobile. The tire on the defendant’s machine was held in place by a band or ring with a clutch at each end which was intended to pass into a hole in the rim of the wheel, and to be held there by a projection on the clutch or lug, when air was put in the tube by the expansion of the tube itself against the band. The chauffeur had difficulty in making the clutch stay in the hole provided for it.…
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