Moore v. Doerr

This action is for damages alleged to have resulted to plaintiff from an alleged assault and battery. The judgment in the trial court was for the plaintiff.

When the panel of jurors were being examined on their voir dire plaintiff counsel asked them if they knew “Ed Findley the gambler who is the father of Mrs. Doerr one of the defendants in the case.” They likewise stated to the panel that it would he shown that Mrs. Doerr, since the suit was brought had conveyed a large amount of property “to Mrs Findley the wife of Ed Findley, the gambler.” These questions and statements were improper. They…