Case Name: Stanislaff, Appellant, v. Glick et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1948-01-19
Citations: 358 Pa. 278
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 192
Parties: Stanislaff, Appellant, v. Glick et al.
Judges: Before Maxey, C. J., Drew, Linn, Stern, Patterson, Stearns and Jones, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 358
Pages: 278–280

Head Matter:
Stanislaff, Appellant, v. Glick et al.
Argued January 17, 1948.
Before Maxey, C. J., Drew, Linn, Stern, Patterson, Stearns and Jones, JJ.
Mark E. Lefever, with him Lewis Weinstock and Con-ten, LaBrum & Beechwood, for appellant.
John J. McDevitt, 3rd, with him Peter P. Liebert, 3rd, for Harry Glick et al., appellees.
Walter B. Gibbons, for Apex Coal Company, appel-lee. • -
Henry R. Heebner and Wm. Clarke Mason, for Beading Company, appellee.
January 19, 1948:

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
The trial was prematurely stopped by the presiding judge who appears to have thought that plaintiff had put in all his evidence of liability when in fact that was not so.. This misunderstanding appears from the colloquy reported in the printed record on pages 112a to 116a. To correct this error, we must grant a new trial. See Mazer v. Kann, 343 Pa. 376, 22 A. 2d 707.
There were three defendants. .When the misunderstanding became apparent, counsel for one of them proposed that "We might at side bar see if he has some offer that is new or supplemental to what we have already heard. THE COURT: I do not see any necessity for any side bar conference in this. I will entertain any motion you have to make." Thereupon counsel for each of the defendants moved that a nonsuit be entered as to bis client. These motions were granted. Buie 2231(h) (1) Pa. B. C. P. prohibits the entry of a compulsory nonsuit on the motion of a defendant before plaintiff has completed presenting his evidence against all the defendants.
We do not discuss the evidence received because, until all the evidence is in, such a discussion can be of no use.
Judgment reversed and new trial awarded.
See Rules 223 and 224 governing civil procedure.