Cooper v. Kelly
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; 1. The court erred in permitting counsel for plaintiff to question the jurors on their voir dire in reference to casualty and indemnity companies, and in permitting him to make statements to the effect that such companies insure against damages, etc.; which line of questioning and remarks were improper and prejudicial. 104 Ark. 1; 114 Id. 542. 2. The instructions given on plaintiff’s theory were erroneous and prejudicial.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood, Judge; 1. The court erred in permitting counsel for plaintiff to question the jurors on their voir dire in reference to casualty and indemnity companies, and in permitting him to make statements to the effect that such companies insure against damages, etc.; which line of questioning and remarks were improper and prejudicial. 104 Ark. 1; 114 Id. 542. 2. The instructions given on plaintiff’s theory were erroneous and prejudicial. Nos. 1 and 2 were abstract. Ill Ark. 134; 116 Id. 284, 291; 101 Id. 537. 3. The court erred in refusing instructions…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
This suit was instituted by the appellee against appellants to recover damages for personal injuries which she alleged she sustained in January, 1914, while walking across Central avenue, a public highway, in the city of Hot Springs. She alleged that the appellants were doing a livery business under the name of Cooper Brothers in the city of Hot Springs, and were the owners of a vehicle and horses which were being driven along Central avenue by the servant of appellant; that such servant so carelessly and negligently drove and managed the horses that the horses and vehicle struck the…
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