Wollaston v. Park
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 197, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Jan. Term, 1910, No. 14, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edwin Wollaston v. Annie Lewis Park. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Hemphill, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $600. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The defendant, on September 6, 1909, hired an auto*92mobile of Henry R. Hoopes, who sent the car in charge of an experienced driver, named Marshall, to her house. The duties of the driver, sent by the owner of the machine, were, "To drive that car anywhere Mrs. Park wanted to go, and drive it as to the instructions I gave him, as to speed, etc., .... not to violate the speed laws, and to be careful.” This was the only testimony as to the terms of the bailment. The uncontradicted testimony established the following facts. Marshall, the driver for' Hoopes, took the car to the…
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