Coleman v. Perry
Montana Supreme Court
Apyeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John Lmdr ActxoN by Elizabeth Coleman against Oliver N. Perry and others. Eromi a judgment in favor of plaintiff and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. When all tbe facts upon which the opinion is founded can be ascertained and made intelligible to the court or jury, the opinion of .witnesses is not to be received in evidence. (Sappenfield v. Main St. By.
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Apyeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John Lmdr ActxoN by Elizabeth Coleman against Oliver N. Perry and others. Eromi a judgment in favor of plaintiff and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. When all tbe facts upon which the opinion is founded can be ascertained and made intelligible to the court or jury, the opinion of .witnesses is not to be received in evidence. (Sappenfield v. Main St. By. Co., 27 Pae. 590 (Cal.) ; Ferguson v. Huhlle, 97 N. Y. 507.) The remarks of the court in the presence of the jury was prer judicial error. (Sappenfield, y. Main…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
delivered the .-pinion of the court.
This action was brought by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Coleman, • against the defendants, as copartners operating the Union Steam Laundry, in. Butte, Montana, to recover damages for personal injuries received by her while at work in that laundry. The plaintiff claims that she was employed to check the laundry when it came in, to fold it after it had passed through the different processes of laundry, and cheek it out again; that on Eebruary 3, 1896, she was directed by one of the defendants to work on the mangle or ironing machine, feeding the fabrics¡ into it;…
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