Legal Opinion

Dobbins v. Little Rock Railway & Electric Co.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 14, 1906PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Pufaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; STATLMEÍNT BY THL COURT. The pleadings and so much of the evidence as has been abstracted shows that this is the same case as Little Rock Ry. & Electric Co. v. Dobbins, decided a few days ago, and this appeal is in fact but a cross-appeal from the rulings of the trial court against Dobbins (appellant here) in that case. There was a full abstract of the evidence in that case.

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Appeal from Pufaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; STATLMEÍNT BY THL COURT. The pleadings and so much of the evidence as has been abstracted shows that this is the same case as Little Rock Ry. & Electric Co. v. Dobbins, decided a few days ago, and this appeal is in fact but a cross-appeal from the rulings of the trial court against Dobbins (appellant here) in that case. There was a full abstract of the evidence in that case. In this record the appellant has his bill of exceptions to show that “the plaintiff, to sustain the causes of action severally set forth on the first, second…

1Opinion of the Court

Wood, J.,

(after stating the facts.) 1. Appellant complains because the court refused to permit the witness Ray to answer the. following question asked him by plaintiff’s counsel: “Q. Well, after you passed Main and Markham, if you saw anything in the language or conduct of the conductor, Mr. Barger, that would indicate his temper or frame of mind, state what it was.” And because the court also refused to permit plaintiff to prove by said witness Ray that, shortly after the plaintiff was ejected from defendant’s car at the Choctaw depot, about three or four blocks from the depot, coming…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Skaggs v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Hot Springs Street Railroad v. HildrethSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
  3. Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. v. DobbinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
  4. Snyder v. NationsIndiana Supreme Court · 1840

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hughes v. Tapley, AdministratrixSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  2. Wolfe v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1966
  3. People v. WalkerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
  4. Harrelson v. Eureka Springs Electric Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
  5. McNeal v. MillarSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920

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