Smith v. Reading Transit & Light Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Plaintiff’s husband together with a number of fellow workmen were being transported from their place of employment to the City of Norristown in a truck owned by the employer and driven by a fellow employee. The seats were occupied and several of the men were either sitting or standing on the tailboard which was fastened in a horizontal position extending back from the body of the truck. The highway over which they were driving extended northward from Ridge Pike. ,The truck was moving southward toward the pike, along the northerly side of which is located…