Legal Opinion

Sanders v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 29, 1939No. Appeal, 204PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

In asking for a new trial in this case defendant did not complain of the admission or rejection of any evidence, nor of error in the charge, but assigned as reasons only that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and was excessive. The court below, in the exercise of its discretion, was well justified in refusing a new trial on these grounds, and defendant, apparently realizing this, now concentrates the greater part of its attack upon the overruling of the motion which it presented for judgment n. o. v.

The facts, as testified to by plaintiff and his…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Frank v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Childs v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  3. Zimmerman v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  4. Cummings v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  5. Wade v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Carden v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Kowtko v. Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corp.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1955
  3. Killen v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Sprenkel v. Consolidated Rail Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Moyer v. Reading CompanySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941

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