Opinion ID: 1709135
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Heading: assignments of error of appellants, elliott and ikner

Text: Appellants, Elliott and Ikner, assigned nine alleged errors. Assignments of error 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are not argued and are, therefore, waived. Supreme Court Rule 9. Assignment of error No. 6 is predicated on the trial court's refusal to grant Elliott and Ikner's motion for a continuance because of an absent witness. There is no question but that the granting of a continuance is discretionary with the trial court, and also that the movant must show that the testimony of the absent witness would be more than cumulative. Knowles v. Blue, 209 Ala. 27, 95 So. 481; Pate Lumber Company v. Davis, 215 Ala. 547, 112 So. 124. The refusing of a continuance because of an absent witness, where it is not shown what the witness would say if present, is not an abuse of the court's discretion. Authorities, supra. Appellants', Elliott and Ikner, assignment of error No. 8 contends that the court erred in allowing the witness Watts to testify as to the speed of the Ikner vehicle when he did not have the opportunity to form such an opinion. As to this assignment of error, the same may be said as was said about assignment of error No. 8 of the appellant, Mobile Cab and Baggage Company. It is without merit. Supreme Court Rule 45. Assignment of error 9 of Elliott and Ikner relates to the trial court's allowing the appellant, Mobile Cab and Baggage Company, to introduce a prior inconsistent statement of the plaintiff with respect to the speed of the Ikner vehicle. If such a ruling of the court were error, there was no injury to the appellants Elliott and Ikner, for the simple reason that the speed of the vehicle driven by Ikner neither adds to nor detracts from their liability in this case. Ikner had admitted from the start that he failed to stop at the stop sign going into Fulton Road. There is no error in the record and it is due to be, and is, affirmed. Affirmed. LAWSON, GOODWYN and COLEMAN, JJ., concur.