Lynch v. Rosemary Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Connor, -J.,-at March Term, 1914, of Halifax. Civil action to recover damages for the wrongful killing of Ada Lynch, deceased, formerly wife of plaintiff administrator.
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Appeal by defendants from Connor, -J.,-at March Term, 1914, of Halifax. Civil action to recover damages for the wrongful killing of Ada Lynch, deceased, formerly wife of plaintiff administrator. Plaintiff alleged and offered evidence tending to show that, on 17 October, 1912, he and his then wife, the intestate, were tenants in one of defendant’s ■ bouses, and tbe intestate bad been for some time and was tben sick in bed witb typhoid fever, and, in violation of tbeir rights and against tbe will of plaintiff' and deceased, they were wrongfully compelled to remove to another bouse, tbe wife…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
Tbe jury, accepting tbe plaintiff’s version of tbe occurrence, have rendered a verdict that tbe defendant unlawfully and wrongfully caused tbe death of plaintiff’s intestate, and on careful perusal of tbe record we find no good reason for disturbing tbeir .conclusion on the issue fixing liability on tbe company.
It is urged for error that some of tbe expert witnesses were allowed to give it as tbeir opinion that tbe removal was tbe cause of tbe intestate’s death, and in violation of tbe rule that a witness may not express an opinion on tbe very question at issue between tbe parties, citing tbe…
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