Dorman v. Usbe Building & Loan Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

Does a judge of a District Court, who has ordered the entry of a judgment in favor of the defendant, in a cause tried before him, thereafter, on plaintiffs rule to show cause, have the power to change that judgment by entering without a retrial, a judgment (as here of $250) in favor of the plaintiff on the ground that he (judge) had erroneously decided the case in the first instance?

The facts out of which this question arises are these: Plaintiff was a tenant of the defendant, who owned a building situate at the southeast corner of Sixth…