Jennings v. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff’s suit, as Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Frank M. Jennings, Deceased, and in her own right, to recover damages resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant. On appeal she insists that the verdict was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; that the trial court erred in admitting improper and prejudicial evidence, and that counsel for defendant made remarks in the presence of the jury of such prejudicial character as to destroy the integrity of the verdict.
The record here is not largely variant from that in the ordinary automobile…
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