Opinion ID: 1898492
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: did the lower court err in excluding the icgrr train order?

Text: In seeking to introduce the time table and train order of ICGRR, the appellants were in effect seeking to prove that ICGRR had imposed upon itself a twenty-five (25) mile-per-hour speed limit at the Scarborough Street crossing. In this context, several ICGRR employees testified to the fact that the appellees did in fact have such a self-imposed speed limit at the crossing in question. The lower court excluded the time table and train order on the basis that they were very complicated and would only confuse the jury. Where evidence that is excluded is proved through the introduction of other evidence, any error as a result of the exclusion is in fact harmless error. New Orleans & N.E. Railroad v. Gable, 252 Miss. 605, 613, 172 So.2d 421, 424 (1965). As there was other evidence introduced, in the form of testimony concerning the contents of these documents, there is no merit in the appellant's contention.