HOLWAY v. SMYTH

No. 4205.

244 A.2d 917 (1968)

Edward J. HOLWAY, Appellant, v. Ethel B. SMYTH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mark P. Friedlander, Blaine P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., Harry P. Friedlander and Marshall H. Brooks, Arlington, Va., were on the brief, for appellant.

Cyrus A. Ansary, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MYERS, KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The one claim of error in this appeal is that in final argument to the jury appellee's counsel consistently and persistently referred to extraneous issues, irrelevant evidence, and erroneous views of the law in an effort to improperly influence the jury, thus preventing a fair and impartial trial.

No objection was made to any of counsel's allegedly improper remarks, and in its charge to the jury the trial court admittedly corrected such misstatements...

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