Case Name: Denmon, Appellant, v. Rhodes
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1965-03-16
Citations: 416 Pa. 568
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 96
Parties: Denmon, Appellant, v. Rhodes.
Judges: Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 416
Pages: 568–569

Head Matter:
Denmon, Appellant, v. Rhodes.
Argued January 11, 1965.
Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
G. Glinton Fogwell, Jr., with him Melva L. Mueller, John W. Wellman, and Reilly and Fogwell, for appellants.
March 16, 1965:
James E. O’Neill, Jr., with him Rogers & O’Neill, for appellee.

Opinion:
OriNiON by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
Plaintiffs sued defendant in trespass. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiffs appealed to this Court from an Order of the lower Court which dismissed their motion for a new trial.
As stated in the footnote in Mengo v. Sphar, 409 Pa. 223, 224, 186 A. 2d 9:
"Too many members of the Bar mistakenly believe that the appeal is from an Order which dismissed their motion for a new trial, instead of from a judgment which was entered on the verdict: Simpson v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 384 Pa. 335, 121 A. 2d 84. Compare also Hazle Township Supervisors' Appeal, 406 Pa. 641, 180 A. 2d 232."
The appeal is premature since no Judgment was entered in the lower Court, and for this reason the appeal must be quashed.
The record is remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County without prejudice to the right to enter a Judgment on the verdict.
Appeal quashed and record remanded.