Scheel v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 246, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1914, No. 232, affirming judgment of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, May T., 1914, No. 245, on verdict for defendant, in case of Johanna Marie Scheel v. Arthur E. Shaw. Appeal from Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 246, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1914, No. 232, affirming judgment of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, May T., 1914, No. 245, on verdict for defendant, in case of Johanna Marie Scheel v. Arthur E. Shaw. Appeal from Superior Court. Kepi-iart, J., filed the following opinion: On the day of the accident the defendant and the chauffeur were out for a ride and on their return to the defendant’s home, when the car was about to be taken back to the garage, the chauffeur, not regularly employed as such, requested the defendant to lend him the car…
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Opinion by
Me. Justice Walling,
Arthur E. Shaw, the defendant, resided in German-town and kept his automobile or car about four blocks away on the premises of Wm. E. Volz, who occasionally acted as defendant’s chauffeur.
While so engaged on January 4, 1914, he drove the defendant home and then obtained his permission to take the car and bring home the chauffeur’s family from where they were visiting in another part of the city. While so doing he ran down and injured the plaintiff. The occupants of the car then being the chauffeur, his wife and their four children. On hearing that an accident had…
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