Case Name: Murphy, Appellant, v. McGinnis
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1941-11-24
Citations: 343 Pa. 255
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 113
Parties: Murphy, Appellant, v. McGinnis
Judges: Before Schaffer, C. J., Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern, Patterson and Parker, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 343
Pages: 255–256

Head Matter:
Murphy, Appellant, v. McGinnis
Argued October 2, 1941.
Before Schaffer, C. J., Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern, Patterson and Parker, JJ.
Elverton Haslett Wiclcs, with him G. Elmer Sown, for appellant.
J ohn Duggan, Jr., and Robert A. J arris, for appellee, were not heard.
November 24, 1941:

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
This is a suit by the holder of a check against one of the indorsers. Various defenses were interposed, some of them raising questions of fact. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff. The court granted a new trial.
In the opinion of the court in banc, written by the trial judge, it is stated that he failed to charge the jury upon matters which were basic and fundamental and that he did not so instruct them as to clarify the issue and to enable them to comprehend the questions that they were to decide. He states "that fairness and justice dictate that a new tidal be had." Plaintiff insists that he was entitled to binding instructions and that judgment should now be entered in his favor. In view of the statements of the trial judge above mentioned, and because issues of fact were raised due to conflicting testimony, we will not interfere with the order granting a new trial: Weinfeld v. Funk, 342 Pa. 160, 20 A. 2d 206.
Order affirmed.