Patten v. Town of Auburn

Citations

• 41 Wash. 644
• 84 P. 594
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 1028

Syllabus

<p>Triad — Comment on Pacts. In an action for personal injuries against a town, where tbe attorney for tbe defendant, in bis argument to tbe jury, stated tbat tbe plaintiff bad presented ber claim to tbe town, it is unlawful comment upon tbe evidence, in violation of Const., art. 4, § 16, for tbe court, in sustaining tbe objection to sucb argument, to state in tbe presence of tbe jury tbat there was no evidence of tbe presentment to tbe town of any claim, when in fact there was evidence tbat a claim, verbal or written, bad been presented to tbe town.</p>