Solomon v. . Koontz

127 S.E. 927, 189 N.C. 837, 1925 N.C. LEXIS 423

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: April 15, 1925
• Status: Published

Opinion

Peb Cubiam.

No exceptions to the charge of the court to the jury appear in the statement of ease on appeal. The charge is set out in full. It is in all respects full, clear and correct. No errors are assigned to instructions as given, or to failure to give proper instructions upon essential matters involved in the controversy.

Plaintiff, testifying as a witness in his own behalf, was asked the question: “Why do you use that cloth on your hand?” Defendant’s objection to this question was overruled. Defendant excepted. Plaintiff replied: “To keep everybody from worrying me about what is the matter with my hand. Some ask me if I had the leprosy, and then I have to go to work and explain it all — how it was done — when I have time to talk.” Plaintiff had testified that his hands were burned by the flames and that the skin had peeled off; that he'could not use his hands with any satisfaction. There was no motion to strike out the answer or any part of it. Defendant’s assignment of error based on this exception cannot be sustained. Both question and answer were competent as tending to show that plaintiff’s hand was burned as alleged and contended. The interesting question discussed in defendant’s brief as to whether plaintiff could recover for humiliation resulting from a deformed hand does not arise upon the record. The competency of the evidence does not depend upon the answer to this question.

We have examined the other assignments of error. They are not sustained. The verdict of the jury has been rendered upon competent evidence, and the judgment must be affirmed. There is

No error.