Friedland v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Ry. Co.

Citations

• 65 Pa. Super. 433
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 14

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Opening judgment — Judgment on verdict — Verdict procured by perjury — Refusal to open — Discretion of court.</p> <p>A court through its equitable powers has a right to open a judgment on a verdict where it appears that the verdict was procured through perjured testimony; but the appellate court will not review the discretion of the trial judge in refusing to open a judgment on a verdict because one of the witnesses at the trial subsequently acknowledged that- she committed perjury, if it does not clearly appear that the plaintiff knew of the intended perjury of the witness, or was in any way responsible for it, and it also appears that other witnesses testified to substantially the same facts as were narrated by the witness in question.</p>