Kirkendall v. Korseberg

Defendant appeals from a judgment for plaintiff in a personal injury action. The sole assignment of error is directed at the admission into evidence of a traffic citation which charged defendant’s decedent with violating the basic rule and a notation on the citation by the district court judge that bail of $10 had been forfeited.

The exhibit was clearly inadmissible. ORS 484.150 prescribes the form of the Uniform Traffic Citation. ORS 484.190 (2) ① permits a defendant who is not charged with a major traffic offense or a felony, to deliver to the court described in the citation a money order or…