Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Co. v. Chollette
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Saunders county. Tried below before Bates, J. The facts are stated by the commissioner. The court erred in admitting in evidence the plaintiff’s statement of the remark make by the brakeman.
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Error from the district court of Saunders county. Tried below before Bates, J. The facts are stated by the commissioner. The court erred in admitting in evidence the plaintiff’s statement of the remark make by the brakeman. (1 Grreenleaf, Evidence, sec. 113; Felt v. Amidon, 43 Wis., 471; Hazleton v. Union Bank of Columbus, 32 Wis., 49; Lund v. Tyngsborough, 9 Cush. [Mass.], 36; Kittle v. St. John, 7 Neb., 73; Village of Ponca v. Crawford, 18 Neb., 551; Gale Sulky Harrow Co. v. Laughlin, 31 Neb., 103; Adams v. Hannibal &St. J. P. Co., 74 Mo., 553; Patterson v. Wabash, St. L. & P. B. Co., 19 N.…
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, C.
' In 1886 Jonathan Chollette and Eliza Chollette, his wife, boarded a train at Wahoo for the purpose of going to Elkhorn. Mrs. Chollette was injured either in alighting from the train at Elkhorn or by being thrown from the steps of the car as she stood there preparing to alight. This action was brought by Jonathan Chollette to recover damages for the loss of his wife’s services and society and the expenses of her care and treatment. A former action brought by the wife on her own behalf on account of the same injuries has been twice before this court and is reported in 26 Neb., 159,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. BaierNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
- Mewhirter v. HattenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
- Hewitt v. EisenbartNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
- Omaha & R. V. R. v. CholletteNebraska Supreme Court · 1891
- Chollette v. Omaha & Republican Valley RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1889
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- City of Chadron v. GloverNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
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