Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co. v. De Onzo

Citations

• 87 Ohio St. (N.S.) 109

Syllabus

<p>In action for personal injuries — Not error for court to admit in evidence photograph and diagram, when.</p> <p>1. It is not error for the court, on the trial of a cause, to admit in evidence a photograph which appears to have been accurately taken, and is proven to be a correct representation of the subject in controversy which cannot itself be produced, or of some subject incident to it, and is of such a nature as to throw light upon the disputed point.</p> <p>2. At the trial of an action for personal injuries wherein it becomes pertinent for the plaintiff, in order to make out his case, to prove his ability, prior to the accident which resulted in his injury, to perform certain difficult feats of personal agility and skill, and oral testimony has been given tending to describe such feats, it is not error for the court to admit in evidence pictures or diagrams which are proven to correctly represent the feats and are calculated to enable the jury more clearly to understand and apply the oral evidence.</p>