 That the opinion of witnesses possessing peculiar skill is admissible, whenever the subjectmatter of inquiry is such, that inexperienced persons are unlikely to prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it, without such assistance ; in other words,...  The Northeastern Reporter - Page 5991887Full view - About this book
 | Elisha Hammond - 1840 - 206 pages
...prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without such assistance, in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit, or study, in order to the attainment of a knowlegde of it ; see Folkes v. Chadd, 3... | |
 | John William Smith - 1841 - 744 pages
...prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without such assistance, in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit, or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it; see Folkes v. Chadd, 3 Dougl.... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1854 - 650 pages
...prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without such assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it ; while, on the other hand,... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1862 - 776 pages
...prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it v:ithout such assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it ; while, on the other hand,_... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 666 pages
...prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without such assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it ; while, on the other band,... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1866 - 756 pages
...f.rove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without such assistance ; in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to require a course of previous habit, or •tuily, in order to the attainment of a knnwie-lge of it; see Koikes v. Chadd,... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1869 - 646 pages
...prove capable of forming a correct judgment upon it without suchassistance; in other words, when it so far partakes of the nature of a science, as to require a course of previous habit or study, in order to the attainment of a knowledge of it ; •while, on the other hand,... | |
 | 1882 - 624 pages
...witnesses, to form an opinion on the questions proposed. As to matters which do not so far partake of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous habit or study in order to an attainment of a knowledge of them, the opinions of witnesses,... | |
 | Jeremiah Griswold - 1872 - 850 pages
...this character, is that the opinions of experts are admissible when the subject-matter of inquiry " so far partakes of the nature of a science as to require a course of previous study to acquire a knowledge of it." And then, only when necessary for the enlightenment of... | |
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