Brunner v. American Telegraph & Telephone Co.
Citations
- 160 Pa. 300
- 28 A. 690
- 1894 Pa. LEXIS 806
Syllabus
<p>Negligence — Liability of employer for acts of employee — Evidence.</p> <p>Plaintiff’s horse was frightened by the explosion of a dynamite cap by an employee of defendant company. The employee was not employed to handle caps, but for other purposes entirely distinct. There was some evidence from which it might be inferred that the employee who exploded the cap did so at the instance of the employee who had charge of the caps, and as a test for the benefit of the company. Held, that the evidence was sufficient to submit to the jury on the question of defendant’s negligence.</p>
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- court held notice improper because notice had been mailed in care of an individual who was neither an employee nor an agent of the corporation; the court commented that the bureau could have phoned the corporation and inquired as to the name of their registered agent
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Judges: Dean, Green, McCollum, Sterrett, Williams
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