Arkansas Midland Railway Co. v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court, Southern District. James S. Thomas, Judge. I. The court should have excluded the testimony of appellee as to the value of his services. He was not an expert, and if he was no foundation was laid. 34 Am. Sc E)ng. R. Cas. 424; 27 id. 307. Appellee was not insurable, and the tables of life expectancy were inadmissible.
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Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court, Southern District. James S. Thomas, Judge. I. The court should have excluded the testimony of appellee as to the value of his services. He was not an expert, and if he was no foundation was laid. 34 Am. Sc E)ng. R. Cas. 424; 27 id. 307. Appellee was not insurable, and the tables of life expectancy were inadmissible. The second and- third instructions for appel-lee are erroneous in this: The jury is authorized to find negligence by reason of any break in the rail, or defect in the tie, without regard to the place on the track where the defect existed, or…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff and appellee while a passenger on one of defendant’s and appellant’s trains, and by reason of the negligence of the latter.
The venue was changed on the application of plaintiff from the Monroe circuit court to the circuit court of the southern district of Prairie county. Trial and judgment against defendant for $3,000.80, substantially the amount claimed, and defendant appealed to this court.
The motion for a new trial contains ten- several grounds, upon each of which appellant claims the case should be reversed, and is…
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