Purdy v. Quinn

Hall, Judge.

The defendant contends that the sentence from the charge first above quoted amounted to the court’s expression to the jury of the court’s opinion that two or more of the witnesses who testified in the case were witnesses by profession; and that such language by the court was harmful to the defendant because it was reasonably understood by the jury as disparaging and reflecting on the credibility of defendant’s witness, Dr. David Henry Poer, who testified unfavorably to plaintiff as to the injuries she allegedly received in the collision.

While we are in accord with the principle,…