Nassau Electric R. v. Corliss

Citations

• 126 F. 355
• 61 C.C.A. 257
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4324

Syllabus

<p>1. Carrier — Street Railroads — Injuries to Passengers — Premature Start — Evidence.</p> <p>Where, in an action for injuries to a passenger alleged to have resulted from the premature starting of a street car, plaintiff claimed that the car was stopped when he attempted to board it, while defendant claimed that plaintiff attempted to board the car while in motion, evidence that prior to the day of the accident defendant had adopted a rule requiring all cars to stop at the point in question, and that they did in fact so stop, was admissible.</p> <p>2. Same-Trial — Objections to Questions — Scope.</p> <p>In an action for injuries to a passenger, an objection to a question ashed of a medical witness as to whether, from his examination of plaintiff in 1899, he could state whether plaintiff would ever regain full control of his arm, etc., on the ground that the question was incompetent, immaterial, and improper, in that plaintiff had stated that since 1899 there had been improvement in the joint, was insufficient to present the objection that the question did not confine |he answer within the limits of reasonable certainty.</p>