Mittleman v. Bartikowsky

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

It is to be regretted that all members of the Bar do not always keep in mind what was said by this court years ago, that “A cause is not well tried unless fairly tried and a verdict obtained by incorrect statements or unfair argument or by an appeal to passion or prejudice stands on but little higher ground than one obtained by false testimony”: Saxton v. Pittsburgh Rys. Co., 219 Pa. 492, 495. The winning of a verdict should be a hollow reward to the advocate who has brought it to pass by appeals to a jury’s prejudices and not by the strength of the case…