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BOCHAR v. J.B. MARTIN MOTORS, INC.

374 Pa. 240 (1953)

Bochar v. J.B. Martin Motors, Inc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Brewster Wickersham, with him Edward E. Knauss, 3rd and Metzger & Wickersham, for appellants.

Martin H. Lock, with him William C. Ailes, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, June 26, 1953:

The appellants in this case appeal from judgment on a verdict which they contend is excessive. The jury's verdict was $15,464.20, which the lower court reduced to $12,000. We begin, therefore, with the accepted rule that — "It is the duty of the lower court to control the amount of the verdict; it is in possession of all the facts as well as the atmosphere of the case...

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