Lawver v. Anderson

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 337
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 310

Syllabus

<p>Practice, Superior Court — Appeal—Order granting new trial— Judicial discretion — Proper exercise.</p> <p>The Superior Court has power to entertain an appeal from an order granting a new trial, hut this power is to he exercised only in clear eases of abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court.</p> <p>Where the record does not present a situation, from which it could be determined satisfactorily, either that judgment should he entered on the verdict, or in favor of the defendant notwithstanding the verdict, the case is not a proper one for the exercise of the power lodged in the appellate court, to reverse the order of the court below awarding a new trial.</p>