Hannah v. Ike Topper Structural Steel Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County, Ohio, for the defendantsappellees in an action based upon automobile negligence.

The first assignment of error states :

4 ‘ The trial court erred in refusing to permit counsel for the plaintiff to cross-examine defendant Herbert Baker relative to his entering a plea of guilty to the crime of failing to yield the right-of-way at a stop sign.”

The collision occurred at the intersection of Brack Street and Morrill Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. The defendant-appellee Baker, at several points in the record, testified that he…