Comly v. Linton
Comly v. Linton
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
This was an action of assumpsit to recover the difference between the amount bid by the defendant at an auction sale for a lot of cherries and the amount received on a resale, the defendant having refused to accept them. The case was tried before the court without a jury. No requests or points for special or general findings, either of fact or law, were presented, and no exception was taken to the judgment.
For the reasons stated in Philadelphia and Gulf Steamship Company, etc., v. Clark, in which we herewith file an opinion, the third and fourth assignments of error are overruled.
The first and second are, that the court erred in entering judgment for the plaintiff and not entering it for the defendant. As the judgment was regular and responsive to the issue presented by the pleadings, these assignments do not raise the question of the sufficiency of the evidence. This question of practice is discussed in the case of Philadelphia and Gulf Steamship Company v. Soeffing, 59 Pa. Superior Ct. 429.
There is additional reason why the conclusion reached by the trial judge should not be disturbed. The plaintiff made out a good prima facie case. The defendant’s case depended exclusively on oral testimony. The credibility of the witnesses and the inferences to be drawn were involved in the decision. The finding of the judge, so far as it relates to those matters, is no more reviewable on appeal than the verdict of a jury would be.
The assignments of error are overruled, and the judgment is affirmed.
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