Jardine v. Upper Darby Lodge No. 1973

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

In the early morning of October 19, 1958, Thomas J. Gross, after several hours of beer drinking, the last *628bottle haying been consumed in an establishment known as Upper Darby Lodge No. 1973, Inc., in Delaware County, got into his automobile, drove along Marshall Road and struck James J. Jardine, a pedestrian, injuring him seriously and killing a woman (whose case is not involved here). Immediately after the fatal crash, Gross ran out of- his car shouting: “Why did I do it-, why did I drink? Why did I drink and drive?”

The pedestrian James J. Jardine brought an…