Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. This action was commenced by appellee, John Jones, in the district court of Arapahoe county, for the purpose of recovering for moneys expended for medical attendance, nursing, medicines, etc., for bis wife and daughters, and also to recover for the loss of services of his wife and daughters, and loss of the society of his wife, occasioned by injuries received as hereinafter stated.
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. This action was commenced by appellee, John Jones, in the district court of Arapahoe county, for the purpose of recovering for moneys expended for medical attendance, nursing, medicines, etc., for bis wife and daughters, and also to recover for the loss of services of his wife and daughters, and loss of the society of his wife, occasioned by injuries received as hereinafter stated. The plaintiff was on the 4th day of September, 1890, the husband of Catherine, Jones, and the father of two daughters, named, respectively, Gladj's and Winifred…
1Opinion of the Court
ChieF Justice Hayt
delivered the opinion of the court.
A large number of errors are assigned, but in their consideration we think we may properly group them under five heads, as has been done in argument.
Upon the examination of the jurors upon the voir dire, each was asked by the plaintiff, against the objection of the defendant, as to whether or not he was a man of family, and the ruling of the court permitting this question is assigned for error. We think there was no error in this ruling. While the answers to the questions propounded could furnish no basis for a challenge for cause, it is…
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