Lyon v. Batz
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. When the declarations of parties to a suit are given in evidence against them, the -whole conversation that took place at the time the declarations were made is-admissible in their own behalf.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge. When the declarations of parties to a suit are given in evidence against them, the -whole conversation that took place at the time the declarations were made is-admissible in their own behalf. Hoxoard v. Nexjoson, 5 Mo. 523 ; Milling v. Toll, 9 Johns. 140; Reevs v. Hardy, 7 Mo. 348; Burghart v. Brown, 51 Mo. 600; State v. Linney, 52 Mo. 40; State ■?>. Branstetter, 65 Mo. 149; State v. Carlisle, 57 Mo. 102; 1 Greenl. Ev., secs. 170, 213, 218. (1) The ruling of the court below upon the point raised by appellants'in this…
1Opinion of the CourtRombatjer, P. J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries caused to the plaintiff through alleged negligence in the handling of an elevator by an engineer in the employ of defendants. That was the only negligence alleged, and the only one on which the defendants could go to the jury, and the only one ■on which the jui’y, tinder the instructions of the court, -could find for the plaintiff. The jury did find for the plaintiff, and the defendants, appealing, assign for error that this result was brought about by the erroneous ruling of the court in excluding evidence offered by them, to which…
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