Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. v. Green
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Pdwcwd W. Winñeld, Judge; 1. It was error to admit evidence of a witness to show his knowledge of the rate of speed of street cars on the various streets of the city. 187 Ill. 612; 63 App. Div. (N. Y.), 423; 36 Ore. 315; 58 Ark. 455; 6 Wash. 75; 19 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. 79"; 93 Ill. App. 411; 96 Ill.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Pdwcwd W. Winñeld, Judge; 1. It was error to admit evidence of a witness to show his knowledge of the rate of speed of street cars on the various streets of the city. 187 Ill. 612; 63 App. Div. (N. Y.), 423; 36 Ore. 315; 58 Ark. 455; 6 Wash. 75; 19 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. 79"; 93 Ill. App. 411; 96 Ill. App. 10; 78 Hun, 13; 75 S. W. 86. As a rule, it is for the witness to state the facts, and for the jury t'o draw the conclusions from the facts stated, and not from the opinion of the witness. 24 Ark. 255; 67 Ark. 375; 71 Ark. 304. Evidence that a car was moving at…
1Opinion of the Court
Battle J.
Anderson Green sued the Little Rock Railway & Electric Company for $10,000 damages, alleging in his complaint “that on the fourth day of August, 1903, while traveling in a' wagon drawn by two mules along North Cumberland Street and crossing East Markham Street, going south, he was negligently run into by one of the defendant’s cars, said car striking the rear wheel of his wagon and breaking it and throwing plaintiff to the ground with such force as to break two ribs on his right side and bruise and injure him internally. That he was unable to do any work which required him to stoop…
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