Reno v. Shallenberger

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 436
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 74

Syllabus

<p>Appeals — New trial — When appellate court will act.</p> <p>tyhere the evidence warrants the verdict and judgment lias been entered thereon, the appellate court will not enter upon a minute examination of the evidence in the exercise of its power to grant a new trial Under the Act of May 20, 1891, P. L. 101. Its inquiry will be confined to the question whether the refusal of a new trial by the court below was a manifest abuse of judicial discretion calling for correction.</p> <p>The constitutional powers of the jury and of the trial court cannot be restricted or impaired by statutory enactment.</p>