Jeens v. Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad

Jennie Jeens sued the Wrightsville and Tennille Bailroad Company for damages from the alleged tortious killing of her husband, Jim Jeens, at the intersection of a public-road crossing with the track of the defendant company while the deceased was attempting to drive his horse and buggy across the railroad track. The jury found for the defendant. A motion for new trial was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted.

The sixth ground of the plaintiff’s amended motion for a new trial was as follows: “Because the court erred in permitting the defendant to impeach Will Daniel, a witness sworn in its…