Brewer v. Henson

Special grounds 1, 2 and 4 of the motion for new trial assign as error the admission, over objection, of certain testimony of a physician in reference to what the plaintiff had told him while he was treating her for the alleged injuries. This testimony contained statements by the plaintiff as to circumstances of the collision and her past pain and suffering. These statements not being made under such circumstances as to be equivalent to spontaneous and involuntary exclamations of present pain and suffering and not in response to manipulation or manual examination or treatment, were not…