Midland Valley Railroad v. Ennis
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; 1. A plaintiff can not impeach his own witness by proof of prior contradictory statements without first showing that he had been entrapped by the witness or that his testimony amounts to a surprise. 40 Cyc. 2559; 50 Cent. Dig., Witnesses, § 1214; 7 Enc. of Ev. 31; Greenleaf on Ev. (16 ed.), § 444; 154 U. S. 134, 38 L. Ed. 936; 99 Wis. 639, 75 N. W. 416; 2 Okla.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Daniel Hon, Judge; 1. A plaintiff can not impeach his own witness by proof of prior contradictory statements without first showing that he had been entrapped by the witness or that his testimony amounts to a surprise. 40 Cyc. 2559; 50 Cent. Dig., Witnesses, § 1214; 7 Enc. of Ev. 31; Greenleaf on Ev. (16 ed.), § 444; 154 U. S. 134, 38 L. Ed. 936; 99 Wis. 639, 75 N. W. 416; 2 Okla. Cr. 362, 102 Pac. 57; 93 Pac. 1049; 153 Cal. 652, 96 Pac. 266; 34 Fla. 185; 15 So. 904; 20 Mont. 574, 52 Pac. 611; 110 S. W. (Tex.) 1013; 103 S. W. (Tex.)…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellee’s intestate, H. J. Caver, was employed by appellant in the capacity of a brakeman, and while working as such was killed at Nelogany, Oklahoma, on October 16, 1911, being engaged at the time-in switching freight cars from appellant’s road to the tracks of a connecting carrier, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Eailroad Company.
This is an action by appellee as administrator of the estate to recover damages on account of the suffering alleged to have been endured by deceased as a result of the injury, and the loss of contributions to the widow as next of kin.
An appeal has been prosecuted…
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