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JOHNSONS v. PEOPLES CAB. CO.

386 Pa. 513 (1956)

Johnson, Appellant, v. Peoples Cab Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustav M. Berg, with him Warren S. Reding, Norman P. Wolken and Samuel Avins, for appellants.

Harland I. Casteel, with him Campbell, Houck & Thomas, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, November 13, 1956:

The primary object of a trial in our American courts is to bring to the tribunal, which is passing on the dispute involved, those persons who know of their own knowledge the facts to which they testify. If it were not for this absolute sine qua non, trials could be conducted on paper without the presence of a single flesh and blood witness. However, with such a pen...

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