City of Waco v. Odle

Appellee sued the city of Waco for damages which she claimed to have suffered by reason of having fallen on a defective sidewalk in the city of Waco, and thereby sprained her ankle.

The court erred in permitting the appel-lee, over objections made by appellant, to prove by herself and her mother that appel-lee was a. hard-working girl, and was taking care of her mother, her little sister, and invalid father, and in permitting counsel for appellee, in his argument to the jury, over appellant’s objection, to comment on said facts, and to eulogize appellee in most glowing terms for taking care of…