St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McMichael
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; B. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee sued the appellant for personal injuries.
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Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; B. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee sued the appellant for personal injuries. He alleged, in part, as follows: That on the 18th day of March, 1913, he was at George’s Spur, a station on defendant’s railroad, for the purpose of-boarding one of defendant’s trains due at that station near 12 o’clock, noon, going east, and that defendant’s servants and employees operating said train ran same over him, cutting off his legs below the knees and otherwise injuring and damaging him, by reason whereof he was permanently disabled, disfigured and…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). We will discuss the questions in the order in which they are presented in the brief of counsel for appellant;(1) There was no prejudicial error in permitting the counsel for appellee to ask certain witnesses, who had been introduced as expert engineers to testify with reference to the distance in which a train could be stopped, whether or not they had frequently been called by appellant and other railway companies to testify as experts. The court announced that this cross-examination would be allowed to show the interest of the witnesses. It is manifest…
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