Fox v. Cahorowsky
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 203, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, front judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1915, No. 80, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles B. Fox, by his father and next friend William J. Fox, and the said William J. Fox in his own right v. Mary Cahorowsky. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Johnson, P. J. The case turned on whether the defendant was liable for the negligent act of her son.
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Appeal, No. 203, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, front judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1915, No. 80, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles B. Fox, by his father and next friend William J. Fox, and the said William J. Fox in his own right v. Mary Cahorowsky. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Johnson, P. J. The case turned on whether the defendant was liable for the negligent act of her son. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, Charles B. Fox, for $500, and for William J. Fox for $100. Defendant appealed.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The only question raised by the assignment of error is whether there was evidence sufficient to support the plaintiffs’ allegation that the defendant was responsible for the act of her son who caused the injury by the careless management of the automobile. The circumstances of the accident and the negligence of the driver of the car are not now controverted. A’ careful examination of the evidence satisfies us as it did the learned judge of the court below that there was evidence from which the jury might have found that the defendant was the owner of the car; that she…
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