Lamborn & Co. v. Hollingsworth & Hatch

Tbe record discloses: during tbe course of argument of counsel for defendants to tbe jury, counsel characterized tbe conduct of tbe plaintiff as being actuated by “avarice and greed,” and referred to tbe contract as “unconscionable and oppressive,” with other comments of like tenor. Tbe court being of tbe opinion tbat neither tbe allegations in tbe answer nor proof offered in tbe case supported such argument, interrupted counsel with tbe statement tbat “tbe argument you are now making has nothing to do with tbe case.”

Tbe defendants excepted.

At tbe conclusion of all tbe argument, counsel for…