Hammond Packing Co. v. Dickey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Action by John Dickey against the Hammond Packing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover for personal injuries, and the verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff. At best the case was so close upon the evidence, and the plaintiff’s right of recovery was so uncertain, that errors in the admission of evidence were calculated to be more harmful than usual.
In the course of the trial the plaintiff was permitted, over the de*978fendant’s objection, to make proof of an unsuccessful effort on the part of the defendant’s attorney to effect a compromise or settlement of the plaintiff’s cause of action. In this there was error. As we…
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