Edwards v. Gimbel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 145, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1896, No. 381, on verdict for defendants in case of Mary C. Edwards, Administratrix of Edward B. Edwards, Deceased, v. Benjamin Cimbel et al., trading as Cimbel Brothers. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 145, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1896, No. 381, on verdict for defendants in case of Mary C. Edwards, Administratrix of Edward B. Edwards, Deceased, v. Benjamin Cimbel et al., trading as Cimbel Brothers. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Me Michael, J. At the trial the evidence for the plaintiff tended to show that William B. Edwards was knocked down and run over by a wagon of the defendants on January 29, 1896, while Edwards was crossing Seventh and Market streets in the city of Philadelphia. Edwards…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The first assignment alleges error in excluding testimony offered by the plaintiff in rebuttal. Hilles, a witness for the defendants, having testified to certain matters material to the issue, the plaintiff desired to impeach his credibility by showing that he had testified differently on a former trial. It appears by the record that “ Mr. Gordon, for the plaintiff, offered in evidence so much of the record in this case as shows the notes of testimony of the witness Hilles in the former trial to which his attention was particularly called.” Without any…
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