Jedwabny v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

390 Pa. 231 (1957)

Jedwabny, Appellant,

v.

Philadelphia Transportation Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 26, 1957.

October 10, 1957.

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

Herman Moskowitz, for appellants.

James Conwell Welsh, for appellees.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, October 10, 1957:

The principal question on these appeals is whether the granting of a new trial because of the trial judge's failure to make certain that one of the litigants had full knowledge of an existing conflict of interest in his attorney's representation of him…