Powell v. S. Morgan Smith Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 184, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., April T., 1911, No. 33, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William H. Powell v. S. Morgan Smith Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Ross, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 184, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., April T., 1911, No. 33, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William H. Powell v. S. Morgan Smith Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Ross, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. At the trial while the plaintiff was on the stand under direct examination the-following offer of testimony was made: Q. When you had taken these bolts out, and Looking-bill had taken his out, and gone to the western end of the shop, did you have a conversation with Mr. George Schlaanstine? . A. Not at that time.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The first assignment alleges error in the admission of certain testimony and the second, in refusing to strike out certain testimony. Neither of these assignments can be sustained. If it be conceded that the offer complained of in the first assignment was inadmissible, the testimony subsequently admitted under the offer was clearly competent. The court excluded the testimony as to the accident to another person and admitted only that which showed what the foreman said to the plaintiff at the time he ordered the latter to repair the belting which operated the…
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