Legal Opinion
Chavin v. Cope
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 10, 1968PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the Superibr Court's denial of plaintiffs' motion to set aside verdicts in their favor and for a: new trial.
In an appeal from either the grant or denial of a new trial the sole question for determination is whether or not the action of the trial court constitutes an abuse of sound judicial disc~retion. Trowell v. Diamond Supply Co., 8 Terry 422, 91 A.2d 797. When an act of judicial discretion is under review the reviewing court may not substitute its own notions of what is right for those of the trial judge, if his judgment was based upon…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- James Kiernan and Mary Kiernan v. Gerald Van Schaik, T/a Van's Atlantic StationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Pitts v. WhiteSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
- Lester Langley v. Turner's Express, Incorporated, Marge Langley v. Turner's Express, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Trowell v. Diamond Supply Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- Larrimore v. Homeopathic Hospital Ass'n of Del.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1962
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3Cited by82 opinions
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