Doyle v. Dapolito

The defendants, Dapolito and Boughton, appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict which awarded damages in favor of each of the plaintiffs, Doyle. The plaintiff, Boughton, also appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint against the defendants, Dapolito, based on a jury verdict in their favor of no cause of action.

The only claim of the defendant, Boughton, is that the cross-examination of his witness, one Allen, went beyond the bounds of permissible inquiry and was prejudicial to his substantial rights and thus constituted reversible error.

A brief review of the facts is necessary. On…