Branch v. Seitz

PER Cueiam.

Plaintiff, when asked how defendant drove, replied: “She started off at a high rate of speed.” This answer was, on defendant’s motion, stricken. Immediately thereafter, plaintiff testified, without objection, that defendant, when she crossed Meeting House Street, was driving between 50 and 55 miles per hour. Conceding, without deciding, the court erred, the error was harmless.

Plaintiff testified defendant was not confronted by an approaching car. On cross examination of plaintiff, she was asked about a written statement purportedly made by her on August 30, 1961. This statement…