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Weinfeld v. FunkWeinfeld v. Funk

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 24, 1941
Appeal, 135
Reporters:
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Before:
Schaffer
Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from an order granting ‍​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‍a new trial. In its opinion, the court states: “After a careful review of the entire ‍​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‍case, we reached the firm conclusion that justice demanded that plaintiff’s motion for a new trial be ‍​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‍sustained.” We have uniformly held that under such circumstances we will not review the action of the ‍​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‍court below: Reese v. Pittsburgh Rys. Co., 336 Pa. 299, 9 A. 2d 394; Kerr v. Hofer, 341 Pa. 47, 17 A. ‍​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‍2d 886.

The order of the court below is affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Weinfeld v. Funk
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Date Published: Apr 24, 1941
Citations: 20 A.2d 206; 342 Pa. 160; 1941 Pa. LEXIS 497; Appeal, 135
Docket Number: Appeal, 135
Court Abbreviation: Pa.
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