Author : Richard Joseph Finn
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis A Treatise on Trial Practice in Actions for Personal Injuries in the State of Illinois; Including Practice and Procedure, Expert Evidence, Examination by : Richard Joseph Finn

Download or read book A Treatise on Trial Practice in Actions for Personal Injuries in the State of Illinois; Including Practice and Procedure, Expert Evidence, Examination written by Richard Joseph Finn. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... Co., 239 11l. 54s. 389.--. Evidence that the speed of a car was fast five blocks from the place of the accident is admissible, where it is also shown that the fast speed was continued to the place of the accident, notwithstanding the fact that there were stops between. Murphy v. Evanston Elec. Ry. Co., 235 Ill. 275. 390.--. The testimony of a witness as to the speed of a car is necessarily an opinion or estimate, and an answer to such question should not be stricken out, because of the use of the words by the witness, "I suppose." Wilson v. 0. 0. Ry. Co., 154 A. 632. 391. Examples of Cases in Which Nonexpert Opinions Have Been Admitted. Testimony that witnesses were near the railroad crossing in question, and that in their opinion they could have heard the bell or the whistle, had it been sounded, was held proper. Chicago & A. R. Co. v. Dillon, 123 Ill. 577, 6 Ill. Notes 194; Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Slater, 139 Ill. 200, 6 Ill. Notes 754. 392.--. Held, proper for witnesses to testify as to whether or not a coal miner had any duty to perform in a certain entry way. Chicago W. 8: V. Coal Co. v. Moran, 210 Ill. 13, 8 Ill. Notes 489. 393.--. It is proper for nonexpert witnesses to testify to what were the duties of defendant's foreman, and to what extent witness was subject to his orders. Western Stone Co. V. Muscial, 196 Ill. 387, 8 Ill. Notes 136. 394.--. Held, that the statement that between a certain conversation with the defendant's foreman, in regard to a certain traveler, and the happening of the accident in question, there was plenty of time to fasten the traveler, was admissible. Casey v. Kelly--Atkinson Const. Co., 240 Ill. 421. 395.--. Held, that it was...