Matlack v. Chalfant

Citations

• 69 Pa. Super. 49
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 174

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobile—Bailor and bailee — Master and servant.</p> <p>Where an owner of auto trucks hires them out at a per diem compensation, furnishing driver, oil, gasoline and accessories, and the driver is under the control of the owner during the entire period of hire, while the bailee cannot discharge the driver, and has no authority over him except to direct the place to which he shall drive, the owner is liable for an injury caused to a third person by the negligent act of the driver occurring during the period of hire, if the bailee has not interfered with the operation of the truck.</p>