Bishop v. Wight
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Eewis, Judge. Action by Edna F. Bishop against George Wight. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
YQUMANS, District Judge.
Edna F. Bishop brought suit in the slate court against George Wight for the alleged negligent killing of her husband, Samuel E. Bishop, and the case was removed to the federal court, where, upon trial, at the conclusion of the evidence, the jury was directed to return a verdict for defendant.
There are 32 assignments of error. In the brief for plaintiff in error these are reduced substantially to 2: That the court erred: (1) In direedng a verdict in favor of the defendant. (2) In refusing to permit plaintiff’s counsel to ask the witness Metz, testifying as an expert,…
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