Robinson v. Stahl
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass to the person. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the December term, 1906, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J. During a quarrel the defendant ejected the plaintiff from a house so roughly that.she fell and injured her arm. Subject to-the defendant’s exception, testimony was admitted that before the plaintiff regained her feet she said the defendant pushed her down.
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Trespass to the person. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the December term, 1906, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J. During a quarrel the defendant ejected the plaintiff from a house so roughly that.she fell and injured her arm. Subject to-the defendant’s exception, testimony was admitted that before the plaintiff regained her feet she said the defendant pushed her down. Subject to exception, the plaintiff was permitted to show that a witness for the defendant had said he should testify for the side which paid him the most money.
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
Statements made in the course of a transaction, or so soon thereafter as to form a legitimate part of it, are admissible in favor of the party making them in so far as they tend to explain it or the relation of the parties to it. Murray v. Railroad, 72 N. H. 32, 37. Consequently, it cannot be said as a matter of law that the court erred in admitting the plaintiff’s statement as to-the cause of her injury; for there was evidence from which it could be found that it was an incident of the assault. The defendant’s contention that there was no such evidence is not sustained by the facts; for…
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