Thorne v. Parrish

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court in a personal injury action. The single count submitted to the jury charged simple negligence. The defendant filed pleas of the general issue and contributory negligence.

A timely motion for new trial was overruled. Several grounds of the motion for new trial and the appellant’s assignments of error pertain to the admission of evidence on the subject of insurance. This question arose while a witness for the defendant was being cross examined by the plaintiff. In that connection the record discloses the following:

“Cross…