EVIDENCE - PHOTOGRAPHS - ADMISSION TO SHOW PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PERSON

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Plaintiff's daughter was killed by the wrongful act of defendant. In a suit to recover for pecuniary injury through loss of financial aid, a photograph of decedent (a pretty girl) was introduced and admitted over objections of defendant that the photograph could serve no purpose relative to the issues, but would excite the sympathy of the jury to the prejudice of the defendant. Held, that no error was committed in admitting the photograph since the decedent's probable contributions for the benefit of her parents depended largely upon "the kind of a girl she was" and the photograph was some evidence to aid the jury in determining that fact. Drinon v. Wilson, ( C. C. A. 2d, 1940) 113 F. (2d) 654.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, EVIDENCE - PHOTOGRAPHS - ADMISSION TO SHOW PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PERSON, 39 Mich. L. Rev. 1030 (1941).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol39/iss6/18