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Lenchard v. Friel

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Jun 15, 1945
326 Ill. App. 461 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)

Opinion

Gen. No. 43,297. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed June 15, 1945 Additional opinion filed and rehearing denied June 26, 1945 Released for publication June 27, 1945

TRIAL, § 177when refusal to rescind agreement to send exhibits to jury room warranted. In action by motorist to recover for injuries sustained when defendants' street car collided with rear of plaintiff's automobile at street intersection, where reports of two police officers, one for each party, and report made by plaintiff to his insurance company, were admitted in evidence under agreement of opposing counsel that said reports should be taken to jury room, and after closing arguments of counsel, defendants sought to rescind the agreement and withhold reports from jury on ground that they were admissible only for purposes of impeachment, held that trial court was justified in refusing to rescind the agreement of the parties and in permitting said reports to be taken to jury room.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. DONALD S. MCKINLAY, Judge, presiding.

Judgment affirmed. Heard in the second division, first district, this court at the December term, 1944.

Frank L. Kriete, Erwin H. Wright, and Arthur J. Donovan, for appellants;

Wm. J. Flaherty, of counsel;

James A. Dooley, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed June 15, 1945; additional opinion filed and rehearing denied June 26, 1945; released for publication June 27, 1945.


Summaries of

Lenchard v. Friel

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Jun 15, 1945
326 Ill. App. 461 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)
Case details for

Lenchard v. Friel

Case Details

Full title:Paul Lenchard, Appellee, v. Thomas J. Friel et al., Appellants

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Jun 15, 1945

Citations

326 Ill. App. 461 (Ill. App. Ct. 1945)
61 N.E.2d 768

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