Orr v. Griffith

Citations

• 47 Pa. Super. 18
• 1911 Pa. Super. LEXIS 106

Syllabus

<p>Practice, C. P. — Trial—Charge.</p> <p>1. Where at the trial of a cause the defendant presents no points to the court and makes nothing in the way of suggestion during the delivery of the charge as to any overstatement of facts, or understatement of the defendant’s case, he will not be heard on appeal to complain that the court gave too much prominence to the plaintiff’s case, and omitted to charge the jury as to the law applicable to the questions submitted to them.</p> <p>Negligence — Damages—Evidence.</p> <p>2. Where in an accident case it appeared that the plaintiff’s leg was broken and that the defendant was negligent, the defendant cannot complain that the verdict was excessive where the amount allowed by the jury was little more than what the plaintiff had actually expended in physicians’ and hospital bills.</p>