342 Pa. 160
20 A.2d 206
Decided April 24, 1941
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1941-04-24
Relies on Reese v. Pittsburgh Railways Co. · Kerr Et Ux. v. Hofer (Et Al.)
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Decided 1941-04-24
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently May 1991
12 state decisions
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¶1 This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial. In its opinion, the court states: “After a careful review of the entire case, we reached the firm conclusion that justice demanded that plaintiff’s motion for a new trial be sustained.” We have uniformly held that under such circumstances we will not review the action of the court below: Reese v. Pittsburgh Rys. Co., 336 Pa. 299, 9 A. 2d 394; Kerr v. Hofer, 341 Pa. 47, 17 A. 2d 886.
¶2 The order of the court below is affirmed.