Parnell v. Dick

OPINION OP COURT

The following is taken verbatim from the opinion.

RICHARDS, J.

There was no application for continuance or delay in order to procure witnesses. The evidence which was introduced on the trial covered all aspects of the case, set up in the amendment to the petition, and it seems to the court that no real necessity existed for making the amendment. The entire matter rested within the sound judicial discretion of the trial court and the record discloses no abuse of that discretion.

It is urged, on behalf of the defendant below, that the trial court erred in relation to the claim made, that the plaintiff was fitting herself to become a public piano player. We think the pleading of the plaintiff in that respect was proper and the evidence introduced in relation thereto was competent. The injuries to plaintiff’s fingers, on her right hand, appear, by the evidence, to be permanent, and would naturally be a. more serious handicap for one who was fitting herself to make a living by piano playing than such injuries would be to one who was educating hereself to teach school or for any other occupation not necessitating the skillful and accurate use of the fingers as is required in the playing of a piano. It doubtless, is true that the plaintiff was far from having completed her education in instrumental music, but she had been studying in that line and was fitting herself for a career of that kind. We find no error in the record in this respect.

The weight of evidence is relied on for a reversal of the judgment.

The evidence * * * as conceded by counsel, is sharply in conflict, each party being corroborated by substantial evidence. The question was one entirely for the jury, under appropriate instructions from the court as to the law.

Finding no prejudicial error the judgment will be affirmed.

(Williams and Lloyd, JJ., concur.)