Williams v. Williams

The injuries for which the plaintiff Williams sought to recover, as described by the attending physician, “consisted of multiple bruises of the legs and thighs, pain and stiffness in the right thumb and extensive lacerated wound of the scalp.” “The most noticeable bruises on the legs” were “in the region of the knees.”

Just before the evidence was closed, the defendant offered in evidence the official hospital record of Mary Williams, “for the purpose of showing that she made no complaint about her knee at the hospital.” This evidence was excluded and the defendant excepted.

Although a liberal…