Mortensen v. Bradshaw
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ottawa; Cross, J. Case by Rose Mortensen against Hugh Bradshaw for assault with intent to commit rape. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. In this action plaintiff sued to recover damages for several alleged assaults with intent to commit rape. The declaration consists of four counts.
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Error to Ottawa; Cross, J. Case by Rose Mortensen against Hugh Bradshaw for assault with intent to commit rape. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. In this action plaintiff sued to recover damages for several alleged assaults with intent to commit rape. The declaration consists of four counts. The first charges a simple assault on the 1st day of June 1914; the second, an assault with intent to commit rape upon the same day; the third, an assault with intent to commit rape on the 28th day of June; and the fourth, an assault with intent to commit rape on the 4th day of July. The…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, C. J.
(after stating the facts). There are some 46 assignments of error, only a few of which it will be necessary to consider. There are several assignments based upon alleged erroneous rulings with reference to the admission of testimony. We find no reversible error here.
During the cross-examination of the plaintiff by defendant’s counsel, plaintiff’s counsel, in the presence of the jury, charged defendant’s counsel with pettifog*441ging. An exception was taken to the statement by-defendant’s counsel, but no action of the court was invoked upon the matter. We are of opinion that the language of…
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