Folk v. Schaeffer

Citations

• 180 Pa. 613
• 37 A. 104
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 975

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Partners—Declaration—Evidence.</p> <p>In an action against three partners to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of one of them, a declaration of one of the other partners to the effect that he had always been willing to pay plaintiff but that the other members of the firm did not agree with him is inadmissible; and the error in admitting it is not cured by limiting its effect to the party who made the statement.</p> <p>In an action against a partnership to recover damages for personal inju-' ries, the case is for the jury where the evidence tends to show that the direct cause of the accident was the slipping of a knot in one of the guy ropes which held a derrick in place, and that this knot had been negli-, gently tied by one of the defendants.</p>