Tenney v. Rapid City

Citations

• 17 S.D. 283
• 96 N.W. 96
• 1903 S.D. LEXIS 44

Syllabus

<p>1. In an action for several injuries alleged to have been sustained by defects in a city sidewalk, it was error for the court to permit plaintiff to give her judgment as to the amount of damages she had sustained for each injury.</p> <p>2. Where in an action for injuries, there was no evidence of permanent disability, tables showing expectancy of life were inadmissible.</p> <p>3. In an action for injuries on a city sidewalk, evidence that plaintiff had told witness she had fallen on the sidewalk not at the time of the injury was inadmissible, as hearsay.</p>