McMahon v. Matthews
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of tort. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant, Garnet McMahon, plaintiff below, brought suit against the appellee, Charles E. Matthew^ defendant below, to recover for injuries sustained by her in an accident which she claimed resulted from the negligence of the defendant. There ivas a verdict and judgment against her.
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Hearing on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of tort. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant, Garnet McMahon, plaintiff below, brought suit against the appellee, Charles E. Matthew^ defendant below, to recover for injuries sustained by her in an accident which she claimed resulted from the negligence of the defendant. There ivas a verdict and judgment against her. Only one claim of error is made, and that relates to the action of the court in excluding an offer of testimony by the plaintiff as a part…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sjlyth
Appellant urges that if what the defendant said to her mother can properly be regarded as an offer to compromise, it was not immaterial, although it might be inadmissible for other reasons; that the appellee is bound by his objection of immateriality ; and that if we should find that the testimony was not immaterial we must reverse the case, even though we are satisfied that it was incompetent or otherwise invalid.
If the court had received the testimony over the objection of the defendant, he could not, as a general rule, be heard in this court to assign another reason than that stated in the…
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