Case ID: pa_274/html/0466-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ferry, Appellant, v. Payne, Director General.
    
      Appeals — Order granted new trial — Discretion—Abuse.
    An appeal from an order granting a new trial will be dismissed, where no clear error of law or plain abuse of discretion appears.
    Argued May 15, 1922.
    Appeal, No. 355, Jan. T., 1922, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. York Co., Jan. T., 1920, No. 81, granting new trial; in case of C. T. Ferry v. John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads.
    Before Moschzisker, C. J., Frazer, Walling, Simpson and Schaefer, JJ.
    Affirmed.
    
      Trespass for negligence. Before Ross, J.
    Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Motion for new trial.
    New trial granted. Plaintiff appealed.
    
      Error assigned was order, quoting it.
    
      J ames G. Glessner, for appellant.
    
      George Hay Kain and Richard E. Cochran, for appellee, were not heard.
    June 24, 1922:
   Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial. Since no clear error of law or plain abuse of discretion appears, the appeal is dismissed.