Mercado v. Nelson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff recovered judgment for damages caused by injuries sustained in being run down by an automobile driven by the defendant in Kansas City, Mo. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $1,500. Both parties appeal.

The first complaint of the defendant is that “the court erred in permitting incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial and prejudicial evidence, and in permitting hearsay and secondary evidence to be introduced by plaintiff, and in permitting plaintiff to ask leading and suggestive questions, all over defendant’s…