Heilman v. Whalley

The defendant’s exceptions will be considered in the order in which they have been argued in his brief.

1. During the argument of plaintiffs’ counsel to the jury, the following proceedings took place:

“Gentlemen, the answer to the argument which has just been made in behalf of Mr. Whalley is very, very obvious when you stop to think of it. If Mr. Whalley does not admit liability, if he did not admit liability, then why in his behalf should my Brother Booth devote so much of his argument to the amount of damages?

“Mr. Booth: Objection and exception.

“The Court: Of course that is no admission of…