Weston v. Royal Typewriter Co.

Stacy, J. The exceptions relating to the existence and binding force of the contract are all settled by the verdict. The controversy in this regard was largely one of fact and the jury have found in accordance with the plaintiff’s contention. The motion for judgment as of nonsuit was properly overruled. Plaintiff offered in evidence certain admissions, taken from defendant’s answer, of distinct, separate facts relevant to the inquiry, and no objection was made to this at the time. Later, defendant requested that it be allowed to put in evidence the remainder of eadh section of the answer from which plaintiff had offered separate and distinct admissions. Objection being made, the request was declined and the proposed evidence excluded. It does not appear that these portions of the different paragraphs tended to explain or to qualify the previous admissions; .but, on the contrary, an examination shows the facts to be otherwise. Hence, the case falls outside of the rule laid down in Jones v. R. R., 116 N. C., 268: “It is the settled rule of procedure in this jurisdiction that a party may offer in evidence a portion of his adversary’s pleadings containing an allegation or admission of a distinct and separate fact relevant to the inquiry and without introducing qualifying or explanatory matter, thé rule being further to the effect that in such case it is open to the opposing party to introduce such qualifying matter if he so desires.” It should be observed, however, that the other portions of the pleadings become competent evidence for the pleader only when they tend to modify or limit the former allegations or admissions which have been offered by his adversary. The remaining exceptions, ev'en if valid, but which we do not find to be, are not of sufficient moment to warrant a new trial. Having discovered no reversible error on the record, the verdict and judgment must be upheld. No error.