CHAPPLE et al. v. SELLERS


365 Pa. 503 (1950)

Chapple et al., Appellants v. Sellers, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bennett, with him Morgan V. Jones and Weimer, Bennett & Jones, for plaintiffs.

Russell R. Yost, with him Graham, Yost, Meyers & Graham, for defendant.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, November 13, 1950:

These are appeals by a minor plaintiff and his parents from the grant of a new trial, the sole reason given by the court below being that it had committed an error of law in its charge.

We have frequently repeated the rule regarding a reversal of the award of a new trial. A recent pronouncement is Held, Admrx., v. Van Tiggelen et al., 364 Pa. 317, 72 A.2d 73...

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