Caldwell v. Continental Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

In what was formerly called an action of deceit, plaintiff recovered a verdict against the defendant trust company, for the value of certain bonds, which he had been induced to purchase by false and fraudulent representations; the court in banc entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto, and plaintiff now appeals. Under these circumstances “all the evidence and inferences therefrom, favorable to plaintiff, must be taken as true, and all unfavorable to him, if depending solely on testimony, must be rejected”: Dunbar v. Preston, 285 Pa. 502.

Under this…