Jess v. McMurray

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Jones,

These several actions of trespass against the same defendants for personal injuries and property damage to the plaintiffs as a result of a collision between two automobiles were consolidated for trial. The jury returned verdicts for the defendants. The plaintiffs moved for a new trial which the court granted for the assigned reason that the trial judge had mistakenly hindered the plaintiffs’ cross-examination of one of the defendants in an important particular.

The court, in its opinion on the motion for a new trial, recognized that, “It is obvious the…