Rudgeair v. Reading Traction Co.

Citations

• 180 Pa. 333
• 36 A. 859
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 925

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Assault and battery — Scope of employment — Street railway company.</p> <p>A motorman in the employ of a street railway company who leaves his car and commits an assault and battery upon one who is driving a team on the track of the company, is not acting within the scope of his employment, or by authority of its officers or agents, and the company is not liable in damages.</p>