Connor v. Allison

In my opinion the trial of this case proceeded without substantial error until the summation of counsel for the defendants respectively. During the trial the counsel for the defendant Ziegler sought to inject into the proceeding the arrest in the civil action of the defendants at the plaintiff’s instance. The court in effect ruled that this was improper. In the summation of *228the defendant Allison’s counsel, he spoke of the detrimental effect financially upon the client of an adverse verdict. The plaintiff’s counsel did not object. The court intervened, and ruled that the argument was not…