Wiseman v. Skagit County Dairymen's Assn.

(dissenting) — -I dissent. The majority opinion contains a full, fair and complete statement of what occurred at the trial, and my conclusions are rested thereon.

As to what occurred in the selection of the jury, I am satisfied that it was prejudicial error, so far as complained of. I can see no distinction in the effect or result between a statement made at the threshold of the trial and one made in the course of final argument. If poison be injected into the body, it makes little difference whether it be in the hand or the foot; and if the result be fatal, the point of inoculation becomes of…