Rogers v. Rogers

Defendants contend, and we agree, that it was error to permit the officer to testify by reading from his accident report after he stated that he could not testify thereto of his own knowledge af ter refreshing his memory and no other proper foundation was made for the admission of the officer’s accident report. The officer also testified that the defendant Irvin Norman Rogers did not tell him anything and then was asked by plaintiff’s attorney and answered over defendant’s objection, as follows:

“Q. Did he tell you that he speeded up to beat the red light?

A. According to my report, yes sir.”

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