Wood v. Venable

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The special ground of the amended motion contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a motion for a mistrial. It recites in substance that the petition as originally drawn contained the allegation that “Mr. Reeves, agent of National Utilities, was present when said house burned and stated as follows: ‘The Company would investigate, and if the fire was caused by gas, they would pay the damage; that they carried liability insurance up to $50,000.’ ” This allegation was stricken on demurrer and the petition rewritten to physically delete it.…