Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Wright
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Dissent
Ethridge, J.,
delivered a partly concurring and partly dissenting opinion.
I concur in the view that the testimony of the physician was properly admitted, and that it was expert testimony, concerning which the average layman would not be qualified to judge. The opinion of a physician may be-very helpful in suits involving questions of physical disability.
The instruction quoted in the majority opinion, telling the jury that, “If you believe that any witness has knowingly and maliciously sworn falsely to any material fact, then you may entirely disregard the entire evidence of such witness,” is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. United Railways & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1932
- Gulf Life Insurance v. StosselSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
- Stossel v. Gulf Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1935