Williams-Echols Dry Goods Co. v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Paul Little, Judge; 1. It was error to permit plaintiff’s counsel to ask the jurors whether they were stockholders in any insurance company writing indemnity insurance. 131 Ark. 6. This case fairly settles the present case.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District; Paul Little, Judge; 1. It was error to permit plaintiff’s counsel to ask the jurors whether they were stockholders in any insurance company writing indemnity insurance. 131 Ark. 6. This case fairly settles the present case. See also 104 Id. 1; 154 Pac. 159; 150 N. Y. S. 93; 154 S. W. 1070;-145 Pac. 1066; 172 S. W. 987.; 166 S. W. 643; 146 N. Y. S. 762; 102 N. E. 778; 130 Pac. 9/86. The error was harmful. 90 N. E. 724; 159 N. W. 832. See also 79 N. E. 854; 126 S. W. 242. The only remedy is to reverse the case to cure the error. 132 S.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant, a domestic corporation, is engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in the city of Fort Smith, and operates an elevator which transports passengers and freight from floor to floor in the store building. Appellee received severe personal injuries while ascending from one floor to another in the elevator, and he instituted this action to recover compensation for his injuries, alleging that the same were caused by the negligence of appellant in the construction and operation of the elevator. There was a denial in the answer of each of the allegations of negligence, but a trial of…
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