Field v. American-West African Line, Inc.

This appeal comes to us only upon the affidavits presented to the district court from which it appears that the plaintiff is now insane and probably will never recover his reason enough to testify in his own behalf. Issue was joined nearly five years ago, and the plaintiff was thoroughly examined preparatory to trial. Later he took the deposition of a supporting witness, O’Brien, and the defendant has taken the depositions of five other witnesses. The total of these comes to nearly four hundred pages; and although they were not made part of the record on this appeal, we' have glanced through…