Macchi v. Portland Ry., L. & P. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Thomas J. Cleeton, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. This is an action by Peter Macchi against the Portland Railway, Right & Power Company, a corporation, for personal injuries resulting from a collision with a street-car in Portland, Oregon. Grant and Second Streets intersect each other; the former extending east and west and the latter running north and south.
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From Multnomah: Thomas J. Cleeton, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. This is an action by Peter Macchi against the Portland Railway, Right & Power Company, a corporation, for personal injuries resulting from a collision with a street-car in Portland, Oregon. Grant and Second Streets intersect each other; the former extending east and west and the latter running north and south. The defendant maintains two street-car tracks along Grant Street; one track being used for east-bound and the other for west-bound cars. Grant Street is 60 feet wide, and Second Street is about 63…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris
1-3. The first assignment of error involves the admissibility of evidence. Henry Meeve, Ida Enkeles, Rebecca Bareli and Lewis Pitts, witnesses for plaintiff, were permitted, over the objection of the defendant, to testify that the street-car, at or just before the time of the accident, was traveling faster than cars ordinarily ran in the City of Portland; and it is insisted that the admission of such evidence was prejudicial error. A brief statement of the testimony of the witnesses mentioned will enable a better understanding of the possible effect of the questioned evidence. Henry Meeve,…
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