Crosby v. Portland Ry. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice King. This is an action for personal injuries, alleged to have occurred about as follows: That defendant on and prior to July 12, 1906, was, and is, a corporation engaged in the business of running street cars propelled by electrical power; that, in order to move its cars, defendant maintained a number of overhead wires, one being on Grand avenue, in front of plaintiff’s home, which wire. the company…
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice King. This is an action for personal injuries, alleged to have occurred about as follows: That defendant on and prior to July 12, 1906, was, and is, a corporation engaged in the business of running street cars propelled by electrical power; that, in order to move its cars, defendant maintained a number of overhead wires, one being on Grand avenue, in front of plaintiff’s home, which wire. the company negligently and carelessly allowed to fall from its fastenings to and upon the avenue in a charged condition, thereby…
1Opinion
Decided April 27, 1909.
On Petition for Rehearing.
[101 Pac. 204.]
Mr. Justice King
delivered the opinion of the court.. 18. If is first urged in support of defendant’s .petition for rehearing that prejudicial error was occasionéd *513by the admitting in rebuttal of the testimony offered by plaintiff with reference to and in the admission of her shoe in evidence. There can be no doubt that this was a matter resting within the sound discretion of the court. The court’s discretion in such matters is a large one, an abuse of which will not be presumed: 9 Ene. Ev. 234. After a careful examination of the…
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- First National Bank v. McCulloughOregon Supreme Court · 1908
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