Pittman v. West

1. The first special ground of the amended motion for new trial complains that counsel for the defendant Pittman was not permitted a thorough and sifting cross-examination of the plaintiff James A. West. The motion for new trial shows that three times counsel asked this witness if he made a statement at the scene of the collision to the effect that the sole cause of the collision was the parked automobile of the defendant Neal. Each time the question was asked the witness replied that he did not remember making any such statement. The contention of the movant is that the witness should have…