Friedland v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Ry. Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 270, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from order of O. P. Blair Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 10, discharging rule to open judgment in case of Barney Friediand v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway Company. Rule to open judgment. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned Avas order discharging rule to open judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The court below discharged a rule to show cause why a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, against the defendant should not be vacated, and the verdict set aside, for the reasons that it was secured through covinous suppression and concealment of material facts, as well as deliberate and corrupt perjury of plaintiff and two of his witnesses, by which the court and jury were deceived as to the real facts of the case.
From Kalbach v. Fisher, 1 Rawle 322, through a long line of decisions of our appellate courts, the usual remedy for wrongful verdicts by…
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