Coleman v. Turner Cartage Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Murphy, J. Case by George Coleman against the Turner Cartage Company for personal injuries. A judgment for defend- . ant, on a verdict directed by the court, is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error. Plaintiff, a man 35 years of age, had been engaged for about 15 years with various truck companies in the city of Detroit.
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Error to Wayne; Murphy, J. Case by George Coleman against the Turner Cartage Company for personal injuries. A judgment for defend- . ant, on a verdict directed by the court, is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error. Plaintiff, a man 35 years of age, had been engaged for about 15 years with various truck companies in the city of Detroit. Defendant is a truck company, and for the past six or seven years has undertaken “heavy work;” that is, the moving of heavy or bulky objects. When defendant entered upon this particular branch of its business, it engaged plaintiff, who thereafter acted as…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). The first seven assignments of error are based upon rulings of the court as to the admission of testimony. Answers to several questions put to plaintiff upon redirect examination^ were excluded. Plaintiff testified fully upon direct, redirect, and cross-examination. The questions to which objection was made and answers to which were excluded were either leading in character, or called for a mere repetition of evidence already in the case. There was no abuse of discretion in the rulings of which complaint is made.
*236The other assignments all relate to the direction, of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Swick v. Ætna Portland Cement Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Bauer v. American Car & Foundry Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1903
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