State Automobile Mutual Insurance v. Lind

Was the Court of Appeals right in reversing the common pleas court for refusing Lind the opportunity to explain the judgment recovered in the original action against Mersich as to the amount claimed and attempted to be proved for injury to the automobile?

We think the Court of Appeals did not err in that respect; that Lind’s attempt was not to collaterally attack such judgment, nor to impeach it, but that he had a right to explain such judgment, and that it was competent to offer extrinsic evidence not inconsistent with the record, and not impugning its verity, for the purpose of identifying…