Hess Oil & Chemical Corp. v. Nash

Almand, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Ruby D. Nash in her suit against Hess Oil & Chemical Corporation and Clarence W. Craig, sought to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband who was killed by defendant Craig, an employee of Hess Oil Corp. On the trial of the case the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff filed her motion for a new trial. Ground 19 of the amended motion asserted that the court erred in permitting counsel for the defendants to read before the jury a portion of plaintiff’s interrogatory on the examination of an employee of defendant Hess Oil…