Harmon v. Electric Theatre Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

This is the third appeal in this action, which was to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by a performer sliding down a wire rope at the Electric Theatre. The first trial resulted in a hung jury, the second in a verdict for the plaintiff for $4,000, and the third in a verdict for $5,000.

The two complaints relied upon in the defendant’s brief are the refusal of the court to permit the witness Harmon to be further cross-examined in regard to his motive for testifying for his wife, and in allowing Doctor Harms to describe the…