Ragan v. MacGill

The first assignment is that the court erred in permitting the witness Boscovieh, a traffic officer of the city of Portland, as a witness for plaintiff, on his direct examination to testify, over the objection of defendant’s counsel, as follows: “Q. And what, if any, attempt did you make to test it out as to the condition of its brakes?” It appears from the record that the accident happened at about 12 o’clock noon; that there had been no change in the brakes of the automobile after that time until Boscovich, within about an hour and a half after the accident, went back to the place of the…