Ffolliott v. Lord

Citations

• 76 Wash. 309
• 136 P. 126
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1813

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Review—Harmless Error — Exclusion op Evidence. Upon an issue as to whether a contract for the rental of tools required the payment of rent for each day that they were in defendants’ possession, amounting to $974, as claimed by plaintiff, or only for the days that they were used, amounting to $215, as claimed by defendants, the exclusion of defendants’ offered evidence tending to show the improbability of plaintiff’s claim is harmless error, where the verdict of the jury did not allow rent for each day that they were in defendants’ possession, as claimed by the plaintiff, but was for only $500 (Crow, C. J., Gose, and Chadwick, JJ., dissenting).</p> <p>Trial — Misconduct of Judse — Comment on Facts. A remark made by the trial judge to counsel, to tbe effect that there was a “meeting of the minds,” is not prejudicial, as unlawful comment upon the evidence upon an issue where the record shows that it did not relate to that issue.</p>