KISER v. SCHLOSSER


389 Pa. 131 (1957)

Kiser, Appellant, v. Schlosser.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Joseph Thomas, for appellants.

Stuart A. Culbertson, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, May 27, 1957:

The issue raised by these appeals has been before this Court on innumerable occasions: Did the trial court abuse its discretion in awarding new trials on the ground that the verdicts were against the weight of the evidence? One need only refer to 3 Vale, Pennsylvania Digest, Appeal & Error sec. 977(3) (Supp.) to appreciate the volume of litigation questioning such actions by the lower courts, and the repetitious...

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