Legal Opinion

Slagter v. Thrifty Clean, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 25, 1971No. Appeal, 158PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

In this action a jury trial resulted in the entry of a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs-appellee by direction of the trial court. The defendant-appellant filed a motion for a new trial which was later dismissed. This appeal was then filed without a final judgment being entered in the court below. The appeal will be quashed.

We have repeatedly advised the profession that an order refusing a new trial is interlocutory and is unappealable. Cf. Bartkewich v. Billinger, 430 Pa. 207, 241 A. 2d 916 (1968), and cases cited therein. The appeal should not be filed and may not be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bartkewich v. BillingerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. United Elevator Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Penstan Supply, Inc. v. HaySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. MooreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Thomas M. Durkin & Sons, Inc. v. Nether Providence Township School AuthoritySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Brogley v. Chambersburg Engineering Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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