Steele v. Spaunhurst
Steele v. Spaunhurst
Opinion of the Court
— Appellant brought this action against appellees, to recover damages for alleged malpractice. The cause was tried by a jury which returned a verdict in favor of appellees. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and the alleged error in such ruling is the only question presented by this appeal.
The instruction simply called the attention of the jury to the inquiry, whether, under the evidence, “the defendants were negligent in failing to anticipate and provide against the occurrence,” and did not purport to be the basis of any finding or conclusion. This instruction was perhaps unnecessary to a proper presentation of the case to the jury, but it was not harmful to appellant, for in instruction thirteen the jury were expressly told that “The court does not intend to indicate to you any opinion as to the facts in this case or that he has any-opinion as to what facts are proven or disproven by the evidence.”
No error appearing in the record, the judgment is affirmed.
Note. — Reported in 98 N. E. 733. See, also, under (1) 38 Cyc. 1782; (2) 38 Cyc. 1778; (3) 38 Cyc. 1800; (4) 2 Cyc. 992. As to the invasion by the court of the province of the jury, see 14 Am. St. 36.
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