Danz v. Schafer

Moylan, J.,

The issue squarely before us on this appeal is the standard for reviewing a verdict rendered by a trial judge sitting without a jury on the basis of an agreed statement of facts. If it is standard A, we shall affirm; if it is standard B, we shall reverse. The issue could not be more cleanly joined.

The appellant, Thelma Danz, is the Personal Representative of the Estate of the late Jean Rita Winters. She sued the appellees, Nora P. Schafer and Charles E. Schafer, wife and husband, for approximately $8,000 allegedly owed by the Schafers to Mrs. Winters. Mrs. Winters had been Nora…